In Oklahoma City just before the hate crime legislation comes up in front of our representatives there was a hate crime over the weekend in the gay district of the city. There is no telling how hate crimes go unreported or do not get enough media attention. The vote on hate crimes will be Thursday, and there is some disturbing news we have received from the Human Rights Campaign. Apparently legislators are being so heavily bombarded with calls and emails from the radical right that some are getting very nervous about voting for the bill. Knowing how close we are to getting this legislation passed, this is not good.

Even if you’ve already called your representative about this hate crime bill, and even if they’ve said they’ll vote for it, we need you to pick up the phone Today (Wednesday and Thursday) and remind them of your support.

I would recommend you going to the HRC website for talking points and to find out which representative to call.

If you haven’t done so then join the HRC. They are out there fighting for our rights every day. Tell your friends, send out a bulletin on MySpace.com, and get everyone involved. They need more money and more people involved to make this fight stronger with the radical right bullying us and politicians around.