Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970042354

What the gentleman has done is to redefine the language in the amendment. and then the gentleman beats the heck out of the language that he has redefined and invented. and I concede that is easy to do. The language did not talk about decriminalization. it talked about legalization. That does not simply mean criminal. There are references to the question of sexual orientation from a legal standpoint in many civil statutes. in the immigration statutes and others. We deal with that. As I say. what the gentleman did was to redefine the amendment. strike the word "legalization." and put in the word "decriminalization."
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
BARNEY FRANK
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1981-06-18
Speech ID
970042354
Paragraph
#0
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