Hate-crimes law passes, adds attacks on gays
Posted: October 23, 2009 at 6:02 a.m.
Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama.
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