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I’m not one to just pass along press-releases that are sent to me, but with President Obama signing the Matthew Shepard/James Bryd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law today, I had to share this with you.  This was sent to me from the Out & Equal Workplace Advocates and felt their words conveyed exactly... Read more »

By Michael Lehet,
October 28, 2009 at 4:05 pm

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Obama set to sign Matthew Shepard Act

President Obama is set to sign The Matthew Shepard/James Bryd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law this afternoon. I was proud to announce last week that with a 68-29 vote the bill passed its final hurdle on its way to the Presidents desk.  Today at 2:30 PM EDT President Obama will sign the National... Read more »

By Michael Lehet,
October 27, 2009 at 4:18 pm

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The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act PASSED

Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr I’m still not up to speed so I apologize for just passing this along and not sprucing things up a big……but The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed at the Federal level today! Let me say that again – at the FEDERAL level –... Read more »

By Michael Lehet,
October 22, 2009 at 6:50 pm

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