Reid does it again.

[The Rev]

Late Thursday night, the Senate voted 63-28 to end discussion
on 2009's version of the Hate Crimes bill and to make it an
amendment to the Defense Authorization bill.

Just as we've been warning, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
found a way to abuse the rules and prevent an honest vote!

I am outraged by this blatant manipulation and I am not alone.
While Reid crowed about his great "victory," John McCain and
other Senators bitterly protested the underhanded way he
attached the Hate Crimes bill to vital defense funding
authorization.

"While we have young Americans fighting and dying in two wars,
we're going to take up a Hate Crimes bill that has nothing
to do whatsoever with defending this nation...,"McCain complained.

Meanwhile, all seven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee went on record to say their committee never even got
a chance to review the bill - a blatant departure from
proper procedure.

The reason for all this subterfuge? Reid strong-armed the
system and by-passed a fair and open debate in order to
deliver a political prize to homosexual interest groups -
pure and simple!!

++Harry Reid has stooped to a new low as Majority Leader

Senators are now being forced to make a choice between
approving a vital defense spending bill and voting against
the dangerous, unneeded Hate Crimes amendment.

And Reid cynically used the cover of Sonia Sotomayor's
Supreme Court confirmation hearings in hopes that
grassroots Americans like you would not take notice!

++ We have one last chance to protest this travesty

The sneaky late-night cloture vote was designed to silence our
voice in this battle. But today, Friday, is a "no-vote" day
in the Senate. And the earliest the Defense Authorization
bill and its Hate Crimes amendment can come to a vote is Monday.

I know it's a long shot, but there could still be some
Democratic defections, especially if they "feel the heat."
And there are still some technicalities in the bill that
could cause more delays before a final vote can take place.

Even if the Senate's Defense Authorization bill passes along
with its Hate Crimes amendment, it still has to be reconciled
with the House version. So, the battle is not completely over yet!

We need to be heard up until the last possible minute! And
we must not allow Reid and his crowd to think no one noticed
what they've been doing.

Also, please take time today to pray that God will cause
the tide to turn against the Hate Crimes Law. All things
are possible to the wondrous God we serve.

We have had a major impact in this battle. Now,
Harry Reid and his operatives are hoping they can get off the
stage before the rotten tomatoes start flying.

[FlDeerman]

Sent email to my Dem.senator,doubt if it will help.

[James B]

That is why Reid is falling way behind in his own state, good riddance. He and his cronies had a fit when someone wanted to add military members to the hate crimes. The hate crime legislation was a bone headed move and there was no need for it what-so-ever.

[kevin1]

It's not the first time either party has done this, nor will it be the last, until the practice of tacking on amendments unrelated to the bill under consideration is ended this shady crap won't end.

[The Rev]

This is was another lie Barry told us, he was supposed to eliminate this... But what did we expect, if his lips are moving, he's lying!