ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL

I can't believe it took TEN YEARS to pass the extension of the hate crimes bill that would include attacks based on sexual orientation.

I just cannot grasp it. It's the right thing to do and I fail to understand why anyone would be opposed to it. It has nothing to do with the "morality or ethics of homosexuality" it has to do with protecting people from hate crimes, end of story.

It sickens me that this had to be attached to a defense spending bill to get it passed.

This country is fucking broken.

Until we can all separate our religious/moral beliefs from what is best for this country and everyone in it as a whole, we are fucking doomed. There's supposed to be a separation between church (and church beliefs) and state (civil policies), but there is not. This is not some fucking religious crusade, this is the well-being and lives of all Americans.