Be careful what you are thinking...soon, it might make you a criminal

Another doosey just got passed by the left in the Senate: they attached hate crimes legislation in a defense authorization bill (voted on at 1 AM, mind you) that will criminilize your speech and associations (all 28 no votes were republicans; 5 republicans voted for it). This legislation violates not only the 1st amendment's guarantee of free speech and assembly, but also the 14th amendment's guarantee to equal protection under the law (as previous 'hate' crime legislation has done)...that U.S. Constitution has become so antiquated, you know.

Essentially, if you commit a crime, then the magazines you subscribe to, blog comments you have written, words you have said, churches or other groups you belong to, etc. can all be scrutinized for 'hateful' content (to be determined later). Such access to hateful thoughts will give you a stiffer sentence than someone who only subscribes to a politically correct thoughts (again, to be determined later). This bill is so eggregious, and so far left of the mainstream, that even the ACLU has come out in opposition to it!

But don't worry, I'm sure the Democrats are just looking out for your best interests...and they will NEVER use it against you for political purposes...nooooo.