Full Text of HR0086 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Donald Trump shamefully rolled back the | 3 | | hard-fought progress of the LGBTQ+
community since the repeal | 4 | | of Don't Ask, Don't Tell by banning transgender Americans from
| 5 | | serving in our country's military; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Supreme Court of the United States wrongfully | 7 | | validated his attack on our
brave service members by | 8 | | temporarily allowing the ban to go into effect; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In response to this hateful attack on service | 10 | | members by our country's very
own commander-in-chief and the | 11 | | nation's highest court, United States Senator Tammy
Duckworth, | 12 | | an Illinois hero, responded by stating that when she was | 13 | | bleeding to death in her
Black Hawk helicopter on a dusty field | 14 | | in Iraq, she didn't care if the American troops risking
their | 15 | | lives to help save her were gay, straight, transgender, black, | 16 | | white, male, or female; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Since taking office, Donald Trump and his | 18 | | extremist allies have worked to deny
basic human rights to | 19 | | LGBTQ+ Americans; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Not only has Donald Trump's administration banned | 21 | | LGBTQ+ Americans from honorably serving our
country, they have |
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| 1 | | argued against people qualifying for Title VII protection under | 2 | | civil rights
legislation, which would allow people to be fired | 3 | | for their sexual orientation with no grounds for
legal | 4 | | recourse; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Trump's administration has revoked | 6 | | guidelines that protected LGBTQ+ youth in their schools; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Donald Trump's administration has halted or | 8 | | rolled back regulations intended to protect LGBTQ+
Americans | 9 | | from discrimination in health care settings; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, These attacks on our fellow Americans are an | 11 | | affront to the founding principles of
our nation; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In a time of dangerous, anti-democratic rhetoric | 13 | | on the rise across the world, Donald
Trump's actions hinder our | 14 | | country's standing in the world as a leader of justice and | 15 | | equality; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois values and respects the | 17 | | inherent worth of every person,
regardless of gender identity | 18 | | and sexual orientation; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois will continue fighting for | 20 | | every one of its citizens by continuing to
enact state-level |
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| 1 | | protections that support the LGBTQ+ community; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, People throughout the State of Illinois have gone | 3 | | to great lengths to be allies and support our fellow LGBTQ+ | 4 | | residents by planning pride festivities in communities like | 5 | | Chicago, Carbondale, Aurora, and Buffalo Grove; therefore, be | 6 | | it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we condemn Donald Trump's blatant bigotry and discriminatory | 10 | | policies against the LGBTQ+ community, whose perseverance and | 11 | | battle for justice embody the true spirit of our union, a | 12 | | spirit which calls on us to perfect our union by correcting the | 13 | | wrongs in society until we are all truly equal; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to BG Pride, Mundelein LGBT Alliance and Allies, and | 17 | | to all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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