Please add your name to this petition and forward it to friends who believe in what it stands for. The petition will then be forwarded to the President of the United States; the Vice President of the United States; and our United States Senators and House Members.

A resolution follows:

WHEREAS: We affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; and

WHEREAS: We commend the efforts of those individuals who dedicate their lives to causes of social justice and human rights; and

WHEREAS: We support actions that protect the individual's rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That we hereby urge the passage of The Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA), H.R.3081 and S.1529

The Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA), H.R.3081 and S.1529, would amend current federal law (which permits federal prosecution of a hate crime only if the crime was motivated by bias based on religion, national origin, or color) to include real or perceived sexual orientation, gender, and disability so the FBI would be able to investigate and prosecute violent hate crimes against gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. Under this bill, hate crimes that cause death or bodily injury because of prejudice can be investigated federally, regardless of whether the victim was exercising a federally protected right.

The only way that our representatives can be aware of the base of support for this change to the current law is by making our voices heard.

Petition Management:

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name to it so that we can have tougher laws against all hate crimes. Please keep the petition rolling. Do not reply to me. Please sign and forward to others to sign. This is being forwarded to several people at once to add their names. It will not matter if many people receive the same list as the names are being managed.

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Note: It is preferable that you Select the entirety of this letter and then COPY it into a new outgoing message, add your name to the bottom of the list, then send it on. Or if option is available, do a SEND AGAIN -------------------------------------------------- Sign Here:

1) Leslie Palmer, Jacksonville, FL 2) Stephen Silverman, South Burlington, VT 3)Wayne Arnason 4)Theo Diamond, Charlottesville, Va 5) Sasha Kopf, Northampton, MA / Princeton, NJ 6) Geoffrey B. Metz, Tufts Univ., Medford, MA 7) Emily Sporl, Tufts University, Medford, MA 8) Tai Collins, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 9) Danielle Lazarin, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 10) Priscilla Morales, Yale University, New Haven, CT 11) Lydia Pace, Yale University, New Haven, CT 12) Julia Goren, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 13)Jamie Waxman, Columbia University 14)Rebecca Zimmerman, Columbia University, NY 15)Jori Frakie, Columbia University, NY 16)Aaron Wilson, Cornell University 17)Sean Pilger, Cornell University 18) Rebecca SAck, Cooper Union 19) Ben Cook, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry 20) Evan Cestari, Syracuse University 21) Lagusta Yearwood, University of Rochester 22) Jacob Pyne, University of Rochester 23) Anya Lakner, University of Rochester 24) Cory W. Clines, University of Rochester 25) Tony J. Ivie, Etna, Wyoming 26) Wayne Noffsinger, Etna, Wyoming 27) Merrick Wolfe, Studio City, California 28) Terri Ginsberg, Florida Atlantic University 29) Kirsten Thompson, New York, NY 30) Alexandra Keller, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 31) Chris Straayer, New York University, New York, NY 32) Daniel Banks, NYU, New York, NY 33) Tony Kushner, New York City, NY

34) David Roman, Los Angeles, CA 35) George Haggerty, Riverside, CA 36) Fred Arens, Los Angeles, CA 37) Mickie Robbins, Los Angeles, CA 38) Ken Howard, Los Angeles, CA 39) Michael Shernoff, NYC, NY 40) Michael Lassell, NYC, NY 41) Peter Master, San Jose, CA 42) Kent Jones, Berkeley, CA 43) Arnie Jackson, San Francisco, CA 44) Wally Oman, Oakland, CA 45) Alan Flatt, Oakland,CA 46) Julie & Danny Brook, San Francisco