Sentences with phrase «federal hate crimes»

The legislation expands current federal hate crimes law to include violence based on a victim's gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

The sect leader, Samuel Mullet Sr., is one of 16 Amish men and women charged with federal hate crimes in the beard - cutting attacks last year.

Not only is Schock opposed to same - sex marriage, he supported a federal marriage amendment, opposed repeal of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell», opposed the repeal of DOMA and voted against adding sexual orientation to federal hate crimes statutes.

Attributing its movement to the recently passed federal hate crimes law, the Oklahoma City school district amended its policies to protect LGBT students from bullying and harassment:

Gang member who killed transgender woman he was dating is first to be sentenced under federal hate crime law.

Four Frisco men have been indicted on federal hate crime and.

The expanded federal hate crimes law now goes to President Barack Obama's desk.

Such groups have claimed that federal hate crimes laws will silence preachers, ignoring those laws» robust protections for free speech and religious expression, as well as the experience in the many states with such protections already in place.

In an article about the future of litigation against «Don't Ask, Don't Tell,» Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, was quoted last week in Politico as suggesting the administration's defense of the law in court would allow the federal hate crimes law to stay on the books.

Also, can the federal hate crime laws apply, because he advocates targeting based on the specific race that he mentioned?