When the dust cleared Saturday afternoon in the Florida Legislature, lawmakers had passed 195 bills. Most now await the signature of Gov. Ron DeSantis. In all, slightly fewer bills were passed than the prior year, when the body passed just 200 (excluding one-chamber resolutions), the low point in a 20-year trend of fewer and fewer […]
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Among the many things Lyndon B. Johnson cemented into law is the “Johnson Amendment,” a provision of the U.S. tax code that prohibits religious organizations and many nonprofits from endorsing or opposing political candidates. Trump claims that he “got rid” of the amendment and that religious organizations are now free to espouse political views in
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In a campaign position released May 22, 2019, Booker outlines his stance on the global gag rule, which bans federal funding for non-governmental organizations that provide abortion counseling or referrals, advocate to decriminalize abortion, or expand abortion services: “On Day One in office, I will rescind [the global gag rule] and allow U.S. family planning
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Less than half of Americans (47%) say they would vote for a qualified presidential candidate who is a socialist — the same percentage Gallup found in 2015. A socialist candidate is the only one among a dozen hypothetical candidates about whom a minority of Americans say they are willing to give their vote. Among religious
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On March 13, 2019 Bennet and colleagues introduced S.788—the Equality Act—a bipartisan bill which bans discrimination against LGBTQ individuals. The bill specifically targets issues such as employment, housing, public accommodations, jury service, access to credit, and federal funding. On the issue, Bennet stated: “It is far past time for federal laws to be entirely free
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Opinion writer Kate Cohen recently wrote on presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg in the Washington Post, noting, “Buttigieg kept calmly answering questions exactly the way I would if I were a more hopeful, smarter person, which suddenly I wanted to be. There was just one thing that bothered me: the religion.” Cohen continued, “I’m an atheist. I
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On May 21, 2019, following her appearance at a Capitol hill rally for reproductive rights, Klobuchar tweeted: “Women’s reproductive rights are under attack across the country. I’m here on the Supreme Court steps at the rally to take back our rights. Today we must stand together to #StopTheBans. I will always stand up for women’s
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On May 19, 2019, Gabbard tweeted: “The Alabama Abortion Bill is extremely dangerous. It completely takes away the freedom of women to choose whether or not to have an abortion–even if a woman/girl is a victim of rape or incest. This law must be rejected. #AbortionIsAWomansRight”
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On January 18, 2016 Bullock signed an executive order for the state of Montana that protected LGBTQ state employees from discrimination. At the press conference, he said it was time to “recommit to [Martin Luther] King’s values of compassion and equity” through the introduction of the protection. On the same day, he tweeted: “No Montanan
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In his National Day of Prayer speech, President Trump focused on how much the United States has changed since his election, particularly for people of faith. The president, who won a large majority of white evangelical Christians and white Catholic voters in 2016, spoke about how difficult life had been for religious Americans before he
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