I see Colin Peterson voted against the hate crimes bill

I suppose there are those who will say he was voting his district - but if a DFLer won't stand up against bigots, what does he stand for?

Tim Walz, who last I checked does not represent an especially liberal area of the state, voted for it.

Peterson might as well go GOP.

During the trial, Chastity Pasley and Kristen Price (the pair's then-girlfriends) testified under oath that Henderson and McKinney both plotted beforehand to rob a gay man. McKinney and Henderson then went to the Fireside Lounge and selected Shepard as their target. McKinney alleged that Shepard asked them for a ride home. After befriending him, they took him to a remote area of Laramie where they robbed him, beat him severely (media reports often contained the graphic account of the pistol whipping and his smashed skull), and tied him to a fence with a rope from McKinney's truck. Shepard begged for his life. Both girlfriends also testified that neither McKinney nor Henderson was under the influence of drugs at the time. The beating was so severe that the only areas on Shepard's face that were not covered in blood were those where his tears had washed the blood stains away.

The following Democrats voted against the Matthew Shepard Act today:

Dan Boren - OK
Bobby Bright - AL
Chris Carney - PA
Travis Childers - MS
Artur Davis - AL
Lincoln Davis -TN
Joe Donnelly -IN
Bart Gordon - TN
Parker Griffith - AL
Mike McIntyre - NC
Charlie Melancon - LA
Collin Peterson - MN
Mike Ross - AR
Heath Shuler - NC
John Tanner - TN
Gene Taylor - MS

I hope one of his constitutes writes a lte to the local paper. What a huge jerk Peterson is.
Heartless and NO excuse.

The following Democrats voted against the Matthew Shepard Act today:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5563826
Dan Boren - OK
Bobby Bright - AL
Chris Carney - PA
Travis Childers - MS
Artur Davis - AL
Lincoln Davis -TN
Joe Donnelly -IN
Bart Gordon - TN
Parker Griffith - AL
Mike McIntyre - NC
Charlie Melancon - LA
Collin Peterson - MN
Mike Ross - AR
Heath Shuler - NC
John Tanner - TN
Gene Taylor - MS

What a disgrace. :puke:

:mad::mad::mad: