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ACLU Statement on Hate Crimes Legislation Before the Crime Subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary (04/17/2007)
The American Civil Liberties Union respectfully submits this statement to strongly urge the Subcommittee on Crime--and the full House of Representatives--to pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

LCCR Sign-On Letter to Members of Congress Urging Support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) (01/31/2007)

Coalition Sign-On Statement Regarding House of Representatives' Hate Crimes Legislation (10/24/2005)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Cosponsorship of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005 (05/26/2005)

Testimony of Kathleen Moltz, M.D., F.A.A.P. Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine (04/13/2005)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Members to Consider Harmful Consequences of the "Sleeper Sentence" in the Federal Marriage Amendment (09/14/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Members to Consider Harmful Consequences of the "Sleeper Sentence" in the Federal Marriage Amendment (09/14/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter of Organizations Opposed to Federal Jurisdiction Stripping Legislation, H.R. 3313, the "Marriage Protection Act" (07/21/2004)

Letter to the House from former member of Congress Bob Barr on H.R. 3313, the Marriage Protection Act (07/19/2004)

Letter of New York University Law Professor Barry Friedman and University of Pennsylvania Law Professor Stephen B. Burbank to the House Urging Opposition to the Marriage Protection Act (07/19/2004)

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