Gay Rights

Pass S. 909 and include gender identity & sexual oreitnation to federal hate crime legislation

Urge the Senate to pass S. 909, which would include gender identity and sexual orientation to the list of groups protected by existing hate crimes legislation.

A hate crime based on gender identity or sexual oreintation is not simply a crime committed against another LGBT person, but a crime targeted at an entire group of LGBT people. This is actually an act of terrorism since the ultimate goal of the perpetrator is not just to harm or murder a random  person, but to force a group of people to accept their supposed subordinate status in the social order. Crimes based on such underlying hate is more pernicious than a simple beating or random killing, and should warrant a harsher consequence.

To include gender identity and sexual orientation in hate crimes legislation is logical not to mention prudent since we already punish crimes based on their effect on society. We punish manslaughter less than murder because the latter has a far more deleterious effect on society than the former. In a case like a hate crime where the negative effect on society is multiplied by the perpetrator’s motive, it just makes sense to punish the crime more.

It is time that LGBT Americans receive equal protection under federal law.

  • Report close

    You must be signed in to report content.

Petition Text

S. 909

Dear Representative

[Your name]

  • Kevin Silvey Kevin Silvey   Seminole, FL
    Sent letter to Bill Young , Bill Nelson , Barack Obama , Charlie Crist , Dennis Jones , Janet Long and George LeMieux
    Jan 29
  • Rhonda Maness Rhonda Maness   Horton, AL
    Sent letter to Jane Harman , Richard Shelby , Jeff Sessions , Barack Obama , Jeffrey McLaughlin , Elwyn Thomas , Jeremy Oden , Robert Aderholt and Frank McDaniel
    Jan 24
  • Von D Von D   Aurora, IL
    Sent letter to Dick Durbin , Barack Obama , Linda Holmes , Linda Chapa-LaVia , Bill Foster , Roland Burris and Pat Quinn
    Jan 19
  • sara gaspar sara gaspar   lisbon, Portugal
    Sent letter to Barack Obama
    Jan 19
  • Julie Veile Julie Veile   Bloomington, IL
    Sent letter to Vic Snyder , Dick Durbin , Barack Obama , Dan Brady , Keith Sommer , Bill Mitchell , Timothy Johnson , Debbie Halvorson and Roland Burris
    Jan 18
  • Teddie Hayes Teddie Hayes   Carmichael, CA
    Sent letter to Dan Lungren , Dianne Feinstein , Barbara Boxer , Barack Obama , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Dave Cox , Darrell Steinberg , Roger Niello and Hon. Alyson Huber
    Jan 14
  • Edward Miller Edward Miller   Johns Creek, GA
    Sent letter to Tom Price , John Linder , Johnny Isakson , Saxby Chambliss , Barack Obama , Thomas Knox , Tom Rice , Brooks Coleman and Mark Burkhalter
    Jan 12
  • Andrew Heugel Andrew Heugel   Brewster, NY
    Sent letter to John Hall , Barack Obama , Chuck Schumer , Vincent Leibell , Sandy Galef , Greg Ball , David Paterson and Kirsten Gillibrand
    Jan 11
  • Paul Weiss Paul Weiss   Fort Lauderdale, FL
    Sent letter to Ron Klein , Bill Nelson , Barack Obama , Charlie Crist , Jeffrey Atwater and Ellyn Bogdanoff
    Dec 25, 2009
  • slbutterfly . slbutterfly .   Tucson, AZ
    Sent letter to Gabrielle Giffords , John McCain , Jon Kyl , Barack Obama , Janet Napolitano , Paula Aboud , David Bradley and Steve Farley
    Dec 23, 2009

Sign the Petition

101 Signatures
Goal: 500
21%
  • Intl
  • By signing, you accept Change.org's terms of service and will receive periodic alerts related to this action.

This petition sends letters to an individual's specific elected officials based on their address. You must live in the U.S. to sign this petition.

Grab a widget to embed this petition on your site.
close

This user's Profile page is not public. They have restricted it to only their friends.

Already a Member?

Create an Account

You must create a Change.org account to complete this action. If you already have an account click here.

  Cancel