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| Liberty In Action - Legislative Matters
From time to time there will be posted bills that are being considered by the various legislative bodies that impact religious liberty. Some will need to be supported and others opposed. Please check this area often in order that your voice might make an impact for religious liberty. Information regarding Legislative Matters that impact relgious liberty is available via e-mail. The Religious Liberty Newsflash and Legislative Alerts are occasional publications of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Department of Public Affairs & Religious Liberty. If you would like to join the list, please send notice to parl@puconline.org . Please note: Some of the documents linked to are in Adobe PDF format. If you do not have the free Adobe Reader please click on the image below to download it.  Petition
E.LERTS AB 17 Passes Assembly California Bill AB 17 Threatens Religious Institutions Act Now to Preserve Religious Freedom May 30, 2003: E.LERT 030530 CALIFORNIA BILL THREATENS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS September 4, 2002 CALIFORNIA AB 1080 MANDATED DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS BILL DEFEATED! August 27, 2002: AB 1080 PASSED CALIFORNIA SENATE TODAY! August 8, 2002: “Domestic Partner” Bill (AB 1080) Threatens Seventh-day Adventist Institution in California
June 29, 2002: U.S. Supreme Court Approves Tuition Vouchers Breaches Wall of Separation Between Church and State June 26, 2002: SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARS BILL TO REQUIRE STATE CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS June 18, 2002: CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE SNEAKS BILL TO REQUIRE STATE CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS June 12, 2002: Workplace Religious Freedom Act Introduced in U.S. Senate, Bill No. S-2572
Testimony of
Joseph K. Grieboski , President Institute on Religion
and Public Policy at the Hearing on Religious Discrimination in
Western Europe, Before the House
International Relations Committee Subcommittee on International
Operations and Human Rights, July 11, 2001. L e g i s l a t i v e A l e r t s No Current bills! Court cases are being pursued at the present time. Keep checking back for Alerts! Please feel free to review our previous Alerts.
Congressional Record: STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Senate - July 13, 2000): RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT OF 2000September 11 - L.A. Times op-ed critical of RLUIPA and Response by Reinach
SENATOR ORRIN HATCH (R-UTAH) INTRODUCES RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROTECTION ACT 2000 (S.2081) The Religious
Freedom Protection Act ( HR
1691 ) is currently being considered by the Senate and needs
our support. Please write to Senators from your State and
encourage
them to support. HR 1691 - Alert 1: August 25, 1999Links to Legislators We support HR 1997 ! Which deals with An Extra Tax on Targets of Discrimination (This following information was supplied by National Employment Lawyers Association) It is bad enough to be the target of discrimination. But under current law, those individuals who have fought back to vindicate their rights under civil rights laws are finding that even when they win or settle their cases, much of the money they receive - and even some money they do not receive - disappears in the form of taxes. Now there is hope, in the form of HR 1997 , the Civil Rights Tax Fairness Act of 1999, a bill that will provide tax equity to targets of discrimination.
Links to LegislatorsTo contact your Governmental representatives you may find their e-mail addresses at the following locations.
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