Full Text of SR1752 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On March 23, 2016, the North Carolina General | 3 | | Assembly ratified and North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory | 4 | | signed House Bill 2, the "Public Facilities Privacy & Security | 5 | | Act"; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, On April 5, 2016, the Mississippi Legislature | 7 | | ratified and Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed House Bill | 8 | | 1523, the "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government | 9 | | Discrimination Act"; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The "Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act" and | 11 | | the "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government | 12 | | Discrimination Act" purport to establish new statewide | 13 | | standards for what constitutes discriminatory practice in | 14 | | employment and public accommodations by establishing new | 15 | | statewide requirements for bathrooms and changing facilities | 16 | | in all public agencies, including schools; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The omission of sexual orientation, gender | 18 | | identity, gender expression, and other categories from the | 19 | | statewide list of categories protected from discrimination | 20 | | means that not only do protections on these bases appear to be | 21 | | unavailable under state law, but further, that local | 22 | | governments appear to be preempted from offering these |
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| 1 | | protections; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The legislation also appears to eliminate the | 3 | | right of any person to bring a civil action in a North Carolina | 4 | | court for a claim of discrimination in employment or public | 5 | | accommodations on account of race, religion, color, national | 6 | | origin, age, or biological sex, as well as handicap for | 7 | | employment only; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, By enacting these laws, North Carolina and | 9 | | Mississippi political leaders have taken extreme measures to | 10 | | attempt to diminish the legislative authority of local | 11 | | governments and to use the laws of their states to codify | 12 | | discrimination and division, rather than to advance the rights | 13 | | and dignity of American citizens; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, These laws demonstrates a lack of knowledge and | 15 | | understanding of the experiences of transgender people, a lack | 16 | | of respect for the dignity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and | 17 | | transgender people, and a discriminatory intent and a desire to | 18 | | use such intent for political gain on the part of the North | 19 | | Carolina and Mississippi political leaders; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, These laws are also inconsistent with the Equal | 21 | | Protection Clause of the United States Constitution and Title | 22 | | IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we affirm our support | 3 | | for protecting and advancing the constitutional rights and | 4 | | equitable treatment of all and our opposition to | 5 | | discrimination, prejudice, homophobia, and transphobia; and be | 6 | | it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That we strongly urge the North Carolina General | 8 | | Assembly to repeal the "Public Facilities Privacy & Security | 9 | | Act" and for the Mississippi Legislature to repeal the | 10 | | "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government | 11 | | Discrimination Act" at the earliest opportunity; and be it | 12 | | further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage all businesses providing | 14 | | public accommodations in North Carolina and Mississippi to | 15 | | demonstrate their support for the dignity of all people by | 16 | | openly welcoming LGBT people to their places of business and by | 17 | | providing gender non-specific bathroom facilities for their | 18 | | customers and employees wherever practicable; and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That we urge Governor Bruce Rauner to prohibit | 20 | | all non-essential State travel to North Carolina and | 21 | | Mississippi until those states take the proper measures to | 22 | | repeal these laws; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, North | 3 | | Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore, North Carolina Senate | 4 | | President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, Mississippi Governor Phil | 5 | | Bryant, Mississippi Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, | 6 | | Mississippi Senate President Tate Reeves, and Governor Bruce | 7 | | Rauner.
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