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In Historic Vote, Senate Gives Final Approval to Hate Crimes Protections for Gays

October 22, 2009 - by Donny Shaw

The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to expand federal hate crimes laws to include crimes motivated by a person's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or physical disability. The vote ends a decade-long push for supporters of the measure in Congress and ensures that it will become law soon.

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