It is great that there is a federal hate crimes bill that will protect gays and lesbians. Unfortunately, it had to appended to a bill authorizing pay increases for our troops in order to pass. And, there is some pork barrel spending that Obama opposes in the bill and he will get tagged with perpetuating wasteful spending.
It is sad that there couldn’t be three separate bills: “clean” appropriations bill for our troops, a clean hate crimes bill, and a clean bill on the controversial spending item. They have nothing in common.
It is uncomfortable sometimes to look too closely into how we are governed. But look, we must.
