Obama Signs Hate Crimes Bill into Law

E-mail to Congress:

CNN says, "Obama signs hate crimes bill into law. President Obama signs the $680 billion defense spending bill that includes the hate crimes law. Law is attached to $680 billion defense authorization bill".

As one reads further, it becomes clear that the law makes it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. We can forgive CNN for eliminating the homosexual aspect from its headline, because we know that CNN is generally considered a socialistic rag. Whether assault of an individual because of homosexuality is a federal offense or not is not my major concern. We already have local laws to control assault of any individual, homosexual or not.

My main point is to chastise you folks in Congress for not having the guts to stand up or down on a specific situation. If you wanted a law making it a federal offense to assault the homosexual, why didn't you say so? Why did you attach it to a defense authorization bill, which has no bearing on any homosexual law.

This is the sort of thing that not only creates public distrust of Congress but also creates downright antagonism.