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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The Indiana General Assembly recently signed 
3Senate Bill 101, known as the "Religious Freedom Restoration 
4Act", into law; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, The bill enshrines legal discrimination against 
6others, such as homosexuals, based on the pretext of religious 
7freedom; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Passing a bill of this type could in fact 
9perpetuate further discrimination of other groups on the 
10pretext of religious freedom; and

  
 
11    WHEREAS, The bill poses a threat to Illinoisans who visit 
12Indiana, who could be discriminated against by the newly 
13adopted law; therefore, be it
  
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
15NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
16Indiana's "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" is publicly 
17condemned by this body as an unnecessary and discriminatory 
18measure that harms United States society; and be it further
  
 
19    RESOLVED, That we discourage travel to Indiana for the 
20purposes of guaranteeing the right to be attended to in any 
 
 
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1business despite the religious beliefs of a business owner; and 
2be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That we hope that, upon passage of this 
4resolution, the Indiana government will overturn the 
5"Religious Freedom Restoration Act" for all the reasons 
6highlighted; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution will be 
8sent to Governor Bruce Rauner, Speaker of the Illinois House of 
9Representatives Michael Madigan, President of the Illinois 
10Senate John Cullerton, and their respective counterparts in 
11Indiana.