Bill Text: IL HR0916 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: States the Illinois House of Representatives' rejection of all forms of and urges tolerance and acceptance of religious beliefs, traditions, and heritages in our communities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0916 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0916-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois welcomes all religious | ||||||
| 3 | beliefs, traditions, and heritages, and has
full confidence | ||||||
| 4 | that the United States Constitution and the laws of Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | protect all citizens from
discrimination; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Many immigrants have come to our nation to escape | ||||||
| 7 | government-sanctioned
persecution of their faith; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has a history of embracing | ||||||
| 9 | individuals' right to practice the faith tradition of
their | ||||||
| 10 | choice within the boundaries of the law and free of government | ||||||
| 11 | interference; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly finds all forms of | ||||||
| 13 | discrimination,
including those forms of discrimination | ||||||
| 14 | targeting religion or belief, to be abhorrent; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The religion of Islam is practiced by over 1.6 | ||||||
| 16 | billion Muslims around the world; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, In Illinois alone, there are more than 400,000 | ||||||
| 18 | Muslims and 300 mosques, representing various racial and ethnic | ||||||
| 19 | sects of Islam; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Muslim community in Illinois has reported | ||||||
| 2 | increased incidences of
discrimination involving violations of | ||||||
| 3 | civil rights; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Targeted discrimination of individuals in our | ||||||
| 5 | communities, schools, and workplaces
on the basis of religion, | ||||||
| 6 | heritage, and beliefs cannot be tolerated and should not be | ||||||
| 7 | accepted as a
fundamental element of our society; therefore, be | ||||||
| 8 | it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | we reject all forms of
discrimination; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That we urge tolerance and acceptance of | ||||||
| 13 | religious beliefs,
traditions, and heritages in our | ||||||
| 14 | communities to ensure all individuals residing in Illinois are
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| 15 | protected from discrimination as enumerated in the United | ||||||
| 16 | States Constitution and by the laws of Illinois.
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