Extension of justice for targeted minorities.

[MrFun]

There's nothing dumb about protecting vulnerable minority groups through federal law.

[DanS]

This legislation doesn't do that, unfortunately. It's just lip service.

[SlowwHand]

Murder is murder.

I'll second the need for line-item veto.

[Zkribbler]

This legislation doesn't do that, unfortunately. It's just lip service.

[Foghorn Leghorn]
Son, son! You aren't making any sense there. Gather you wits about you.

Gays are now added to the Federal Hate Crimes Act. This act has teeth. How can you say, I mean, how can you say that this addition is just lip service. It ain't got nothin' to do with lips, son. It's all about teeth! You know, takin' a bite outta hate crimes! So don't go shootin' off your mouth until your brain is loaded. That's the way to do it, son!
[/Foghorn Leghorn}

[SpencerH]

Its just a smoke screen to mask Obamas continued evasion of dealing with the "dont ask dont tell" policy.

[Zkribbler]

Its just a smoke screen to mask Obamas continued evasion of dealing with the "dont ask dont tell" policy.

So, you think he can revoke legislation at will??

[Zkribbler]

Things like this are why we need a split Congress/Presidency and a line-item veto.

Do you really think that if Obama had line-item powers, he'd veto this?

[Felch]

Because the Republican Party has been actively courting white racists ever since Nixon's "Southern Strategy" got him into the White House, I'm not surprised to see Repubicans in Congress opposing efforts to end domestic terrorism.

Equal protection under the law is now defended only by the KKK and their allies?

Left-wing nonsense like this is downright lulzy.

[Kuciwalker]

Do you really think that if Obama had line-item powers, he'd veto this?

split Congress/Presidency

Seriously, you're ****ing illiterate.

[SpencerH]

So, you think he can revoke legislation at will??

AFAIK all it requires is an executive order to begin the process, so yes he can.

[David Floyd]

Attaching this to a defense bill is pure intellectual dishonesty. Rather than raise the issue to debate it on its' merits - which, IMO, and in the opinion of probably the majority in the Senate, don't exist - they simply tacked it onto a defense bill, which would have been politically tough to vote against.

Hate crimes are bull****. Punish the crime, not the motivation. Murdering a gay person should hold the same penalty as murdering a straight person - the death penalty.

[Patroklos]

The Senate voted 68 to 29 today to approve the plan as part of a defense policy measure.

[BlackCat]

Seems pretty hateful to murder anyone.

Does that include people that knock on your door because they got lost ?

[Tattila the Hun]

So, eh, the bill says, that "we'll buy X number of new fighter planes next year, and killing gays is now a hate crime"?

[David Floyd]

Essentially.