A proposed new federal hate crimes law would allow prosecution of crimes motivated by bias against homosexuality or "gender identity," Anti-gay groups have seized upon the act's language protecting Americans of all "sexual orientations" to claim that it's all a stealth operation aimed at legally protecting people with deviant sexual fetishes, including necrophilia and bestiality. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.