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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  take  pride  in  the  cultural,  racial, ethnic and
 4    religious diversity of the people of Illinois; and

 5        WHEREAS, It is always troubling to learn of events taking
 6    place in Illinois that do not  celebrate  our  diversity  but
 7    rather  promote  racism  and hatred of persons with differing
 8    customs, backgrounds and beliefs; and

 9        WHEREAS, Such an event will take place on  Saturday,  May
10    31,  2003  in  Berwyn,  Illinois,  when  the Ku Klux Klan has
11    scheduled a rally to take place in a local park; and

12        WHEREAS, Berwyn has become  a  community  of  significant
13    cultural  and  ethnic  diversity and has prospered because of
14    its diversity,  with  businesses  that  have  flourished  and
15    community  organizations  that have been developed and church
16    communities that have grown; and

17        WHEREAS, The principles embraced by the Ku Klux Klan  are
18    not  those  that  have  made  Berwyn, Illinois and the United
19    States good and nurturing  environments  for  our  people  to
20    live, work and raise a family; therefore be it

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22        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
23    ASSEMBLY OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  That  we  reject  the
24    principles  of racism and hatred promoted by the Ku Klux Klan
25    and applaud the  religions  and  community  organizations  of
26    Berwyn  that  have  organized a prayer service that will take
27    place at the Berwyn Presbyterian Church at 1  p.m.  Saturday,
28    May  31,  2003,  and  encourage  all  members  of  the Berwyn
29    community to attend the prayer service  in  order  to  affirm
 
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 1    their   commitment   to   the  principles  of  tolerance  and
 2    diversity; and be it further

 3        RESOLVED, That  suitable  copies  of  this  preamble  and
 4    resolution  be  presented  to  the  organizers  of the May 31
 5    prayer service at the Berwyn Presbyterian Church.