Word: crimed
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...Queer Protests Ineffective" by Patrick C. Crosetto (Letter, Oct. 19): Crosetto incorrectly characterizes both homosexuals and the gay rights movement. He states, in reference to proposed national "hate crime" legislation, that "no one group should be given special privileges." Granting homosexuals the right to hold a job is not a special privilege. Granting homosexuals the right to marry is not a special privilege. Granting homosexuals the right to visit their terminally ill partners in the hospital is not a special privilege. Granting homosexuals the right to a life free of discrimination is hardly a special privilege...
Resident tutors, students and their friends met late last night in the Adams Lower Common Room to remember Shepard, who died last Monday, the victim of an apparent hate crime...
Shepard's death focused national attention on hate crime legislation, which Wyoming and nine other states lack...
...proposed Hate Crimes Prevention Act would have amended existing federal hate crime statutes to include those based on sexual orientation, disability and gender...
...Given current therapy, one can almost eliminate transmission of HIV to babies. To miss that opportunity would be a crime," McCormick said...