Full Text of SR0794 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The tragic events that took place on August 12, | 3 | | 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia prove that white | 4 | | nationalism and neo-Nazism remain very real threats to social | 5 | | and racial progress; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Throughout the course of our nation's history, | 7 | | white nationalism has promoted intimidation and violent | 8 | | repression of individuals solely on the basis of their race, | 9 | | ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and immigration | 10 | | status; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Today, white nationalism has attempted to | 12 | | reinvent itself, self-identifying as the "Alt-Right", yet | 13 | | their present-day rhetoric and terrorism conjure painful | 14 | | memories of our nation's past; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, While free speech is a bedrock value for | 16 | | Americans, white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups promote | 17 | | agendas that are in irreconcilable conflict with our nation's | 18 | | foundational principles of liberty and justice for all; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, White nationalism and neo-Nazism are continuing | 20 | | to grow as menaces to societal order that seek to reignite | 21 | | social animosities, reverse improvements in race relations, |
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| 1 | | divide the nation, and foment hatred, classism, and ethnic | 2 | | eradication; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The white nationalist and neo-Nazi message of | 4 | | racial and social intolerance has led to senseless acts of | 5 | | violence that continue to terrorize members of ethnic and | 6 | | religious minority communities; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we strongly denounce | 9 | | and oppose the totalitarian impulses, violent terrorism, | 10 | | xenophobic biases, and bigoted ideologies that are promoted by | 11 | | white nationalists and neo-Nazis; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That we urge law enforcement to recognize these | 13 | | white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups as terrorist | 14 | | organizations, and to pursue the criminal elements of these | 15 | | domestic terrorist organizations in the same manner and with | 16 | | the same fervor used to protect the United States from other | 17 | | manifestations of terrorism; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 19 | | delivered to the President of the United States, all members of | 20 | | the United States Senate, all members of the United States | 21 | | House of Representatives, the Governor of the State of | 22 | | Illinois, and all members of the Illinois General Assembly.
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