From Chris Crain, on events in Brazil:
The "land of the free" fell another step behind the largest Roman Catholic country in the world on Wednesday when Brazil's lower house passed a law adding gender, sexual orientation and gender identity to the country's hate crime law, which currently covers race, color, ethnicity and religion.
It's interesting to note that even in countries where the repressive force of the Catholic Church is of major proportions, civil law is making strides -- Mexico City just passed a civil unions law, Spain has legalized same-sex marriage, and now Brazil not only is about to enjoy a gay-inclusive hate crimes law, but already as a mechanism for recognizing gay couples and allows second-parent adoptions for gay partners.
The list of countries that have pulled ahead of the US on various areas of gay rights is getting longer and longer. And the Democrats are afraid of tackling the repeal of DADT. Tell you anything?
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