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U.S. Senate Passes Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Dennis and Judy Shepard with President Obama
Dennis and Judy Shepard with President Obama. (PHOTO SUPPLIED)

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, praised the U.S. Senate today for passing the conference report for the FY 2010 Defense Authorization bill by a vote of 68 to 29, sending critical hate crimes legislation to the President’s desk. The U.S. House on October 8 successfully passed the conference report including the hate crimes…

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