Judy Shepard responds to the passing of hate crimes legislation in the House and to the remarks made by Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, who said the murder of Matthew Shepard because he was gay, a hoax.

Note: At the request of the Rachel Maddow Show, I am replacing the YouTube version with the video provided by MSNBC.

Please donate to the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Judy and this Foundation deserve our support in the face of such terrible ignorance and hate.

“Some people are afraid of change. Don’t let them take away what makes this country so great.” Watch “We the People”…

[youtube width=”480″ height=”295”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldn8p0sAm4I[/youtube]

Boy I love these guys… They get it.

A slick and ominous piece of propaganda by a classless act. Congressman John Boehner posted this video on his YouTube page asking “Do you feel safer?”

[youtube width=”480″ height=”295″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKNbi-_Mxo8[/youtube]

I really think these guys believe we are living in an episode of 24. And I’ll feel plenty safer once Democrats have a filibuster proof majority, and continue to marginalize fear mongers such Boehner.

The Washington Blade visited a presser for the National Organization for Marriage today where Maggie Gallagher and Carrie Prejean spoke.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld-pCdnB4b4[/youtube]

Enough said. Perhaps she speaks for herself and her homophobic church. Not the state of California.