Friends on the Hill, time to offer an amendment to the Patriot Act about the religious right, hate groups, and homeland security

I've detailed in the post below some proposed legislation that could potentially devastate the religious right. Namely, someone needs to offer an amendment to the Justice Dept appropriations bill, and whomever funds the Dept of Homeland Security, requiring the FBI to track individuals and organizations who enable known hate groups. Unfortunately for the religious right, this would very likely cover several of them - see story below. But how would they fight the amendment? They DON'T want the FBI paying more attention to domestic hate groups? Try selling that argument in post 9/11 and post 7/7 (the London Bombings) America.

I'm quite serious. You political types can work on the details of the legislation.

And may I just say, again, where the hell are the groups who have millions of dollars to watch these kind of organizations? The gay groups, the fight the right groups? You've got the American Family Association promoting the research of a known hate group, and not a peep from our allies. This is the death of the AFA, they will be a pariah if someone smart, with some cash, were to grab this fact and run with it. But they don't. Imagine what the religious right, or the Republicans, would do if WE were cavorting with known hate groups. They'd have a field day. In their place, our groups just sit back and do nothing.

In any case, our friends on the Hill CAN do something about this. And they should.