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Mchowdry Bill for Tolerance and Respect
Taken from an initial draft by Mchowdry...
Now, therefore, be it 1 Resolved, That the Parliament? (1) condemns bigotry, acts of violence, and intolerance against any religious group, including our friends, neighbors, and citizens of the Islamic faith; (2) declares that the civil rights and civil liberties of all individuals, including those of the Islamic faith, should be protected; (3) recognizes that the Quran, the holy book of Islam, as any other holy book of any religion, should be treated with dignity and respect; and (4) calls upon local, State, and Federal authorities to work to prevent bias-motivated crimes and acts against all individuals, including those of the Islamic faith.
I am moving this bill to initiate discussion, but for the record I want to state my disagreement with section 4 which I believe will be abused to infringe the freedom of speech and will ultimately go through the same legal evolution that 295 A of the Pakistan Penal Code did ...
Now, therefore, be it 1 Resolved, That the Parliament? (1) condemns bigotry, acts of violence, and intolerance against any religious group, including our friends, neighbors, and citizens of the Islamic faith; (2) declares that the civil rights and civil liberties of all individuals, including those of the Islamic faith, should be protected; (3) recognizes that the Quran, the holy book of Islam, as any other holy book of any religion, should be treated with dignity and respect; and (4) calls upon local, State, and Federal authorities to work to prevent bias-motivated crimes and acts against all individuals, including those of the Islamic faith.
I am moving this bill to initiate discussion, but for the record I want to state my disagreement with section 4 which I believe will be abused to infringe the freedom of speech and will ultimately go through the same legal evolution that 295 A of the Pakistan Penal Code did ...
Comments on this journal
This bill, gives the appearance of granting special protection to Islam by mention it specifically. If passed, this Bill can be misconstrued as discriminatory to those faiths it does not mention. Beyond that, we do not need a bill to enforce tolerance or respect. The government enforce existing law to protect each citizen from the undue interference of other citizens. We already have laws against violence, theft, libel, slander and so on.
We do not need a new law. We need only to enforce the existing laws.
As such, I hope that my Rt. Honorable friend will forgive me for voting 'no'.
If you agree with the amendment then say "Yes to Bill+Amendment" ... otherwise say "Yes".