Protect the Pedofiles?

Okay, this is just getting absurd. I mean, really, let's pass bill that protects pedofiles from being the victims of hate crimes. But when another member of the committed proposed an amendment that would also protect our veterans from hate crimes - the ammendment was rejected, but the bill made it though committee.

So, it's more important to protect pedofiles, persons who have sexually exploited children than it is to protect our veterans, those who have fought to defend our country and our way of life. What is wrong with this picture?

One of the statements against the amendment was to the effect that it's unimaginable that someone would single out a victim based on the fact that they were a memeber of the armed forces? Really? I mean the DHS report released last month very clearly stated that veterans returning from THE WAR ON TERROR were likely to become right-wing extremist. That statment alone, coming from our Federal Goverment totally sets these men and women up to be singled out based on their status as military personnel. The Federal Government is setting them up to be victimized, hell the government has victimized them, but then is denying them the protections that it is wanting to offer pedofiles.

I feel like a logical person in a very illogical world and it's not sittin well with me. Protect our veterans but take the f'in pedofiles into the pasture and rid the world them. They don't deserve protecting!!! Really, tell me who protected the children that they were victimizing. You'll get no sympathy out of this mother!