Sentences with phrase «as hate crimes legislation»

In the late 1980s, as hate crimes legislation was first discussed seriously in Albany, Republicans hoped to claim credit on an issue popular among constituencies including the African - American and Jewish communities.

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Biggert supported ENDA as well, backed hate crimes legislation and the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and opposed three of four DOMA amendments.

Should Bloomberg resign from office and be prosecuted under human rights and hate crimes legislation, as the Seneca Nation has proposed?

Schneiderman worked to pass tougher ethics and hate - crimes legislation; he led a successful push to ease the Rockefeller drug laws and end «prison gerrymandering,» which counted inmates as local residents upstate and weakened downstate Democratic districts.

Of 300 contributors to online surveys and focus groups, 71 % identified themselves as Dalit (formerly known as Untouchables — the lowest castes, located outside and below the Hindu varna system), 58 % claimed to have suffered discrimination on grounds of caste, 79 % believed they would not be understood by the police if they reported a caste - related «hate crime» and 85 % believed there was no legislation available to protect victims of caste discrimination.