Full Text of SR0680 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The people of the State of Illinois were shocked | 3 | | to learn of the tragic incident at the Emanuel African | 4 | | Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina on | 5 | | June 17, 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply | 7 | | saddened to learn of the 9 victims who were tragically slain | 8 | | during Bible study at Emanuel AME that day: South Carolina | 9 | | State Senator Clementa Pinckney, the senior pastor at the | 10 | | church, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, an assistant pastor, | 11 | | Tywanza Sanders, Ethel Lance, Susie Jackson, Cynthia Hurd, Myra | 12 | | Thompson, Daniel Simmons Sr., and DePayne Middleton Doctor; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Emanuel AME is the oldest African Methodist | 14 | | Episcopal church in the South and has one of the oldest and | 15 | | largest black congregations south of Baltimore; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Our hearts go out to the victims' families, | 17 | | Emanuel AME's entire congregation, and the communities across | 18 | | South Carolina that are deeply shaken by these events; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Our concern reaches further to the need for a | 20 | | greater national conversation about race relations, equality, | 21 | | and justice, because we believe that all lives matter; |
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| 1 | | therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that, as we mourn together | 4 | | with the entire State of Illinois for the Emanuel African | 5 | | Methodist Episcopal Church and South Carolina and reflect on | 6 | | this unfathomable incident, we designate June 17 as a day of | 7 | | peace, remembrance, and unity and recognize that recovery and | 8 | | healing will be a church and community endeavor and that this | 9 | | is a time during which the entire country should come together | 10 | | to mend; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church as | 13 | | an expression of our heartfelt sympathy.
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