Republicans Voting for Bill That Could Make ‘Bible Illegal’ Outrages MAGA 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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MAGA conservatives voiced outrage at Congressional Republicans voting for the Antisemitism Awareness Act over concerns it would make the Bible illegal.
Congress on Wednesday passed the bill, which would require the Department of Education to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism when enforcing anti-discrimination laws. It comes as colleges across the United States have seen pro-Palestinian protests that critics say at times have allegedly veered into antisemitism.
“Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities,” the definition reads.
The bill drew bipartisan criticism, with both Democrats and Republicans voting against it. Critics argue the bill, if signed into law, stifles free speech that is protected by the U.S. Constitution and is overly broad in its definition of antisemitism, pointing to the definition including “claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.”
Ultimately, 91 members of Congress voted against it.
Some conservatives are taking issue with the bill over the IHRA definition of antisemitism including “claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel,” arguing that it could mean that parts of the Bible would now become “illegal.”
While the definition in the bill does classify the idea that Jewish people were involved in killing Jesus as antisemitic, it does not make the Bible illegal.
The bill’s text states that it would require the Education Department to “take into consideration the definition of antisemitism as part of the Department’s assessment of whether the practice was motivated by antisemitic intent” when investigating allegedly antisemitic discrimination at colleges.
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Charlie Kirk is talking about this right now.
Just goes to show that many in Congress don’t even bother reading the bills they vote for.