Clinton Backs Tough Law on Hate Crimes
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
President Clinton urged Congress to crack down on hate crimes by making it a federal offense to attack people because of sexual orientation, sex or disability. “We hear too many of these stories--stories of violent acts which are not just despicable acts of bias and bigotry, they are crimes,” he told a White House conference to raise public awareness of hate crimes. Clinton endorsed a bill to expand federal hate crime laws.
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