did they pass that gay thing in Montgomery?

[Syrinx]

I hope so.

By "that gay thing," I mean adding "gay" to the hate-crimes law.

I've got torn feelings about the concept of "hate-crimes." But it is obvious that if we are going to have a "hate-crimes" law, it should include sexual orientation, without a doubt.

Tuscaloosa News doesn't really tell me much about what's happening in Montgomery. Anyone have a website to suggest, for keeping up with the Hot Monkey Action? :)

[Gedankenaustausch]

1. yea

It passed, i'm pretty sure it passed this past fall.

[Syrinx]

2. I was thinking it was under consideration during the current session

I'm often wrong, though.

[Gedankenaustausch]

3. I found this

Did something pass that was expansive to gay civil rights during the fall... because I have the weird feeling that I read that something did, because I was so shocked that it did.

http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-al--hatecrimes,0,3325004.story

[Syrinx]

4. thanks!

I don't remember anything like that. But the news media, at least in my area, seem to do a pretty poor job of covering the state legislature, as I have lamented repeatedly here.