I hope this passes and gets swiftly struck down by the courts. I hope it passes because I'm none too pleased with the NSA right now. I hope it gets struck down because I'd hate for a precedent to be established where cutting off utilities to your political enemies becomes an accepted political tactic. It's 265 Kelvin outside right now and a disturbingly large number of representatives in my state legislature would lo…
I'm pretty sure that wouldn't fly.
This is one of the rare ways in which the two-party system is actually beneficial. They disagree so much, that when they actually do agree, it's serious business.
Taking down the NSA is a move that has bipartisan support. Shutting down LGBT advocacy groups in the same way would cause massive backlash from the left.