Christian, Muslim, Jewish Leaders Call on California to Protect Religious Freedom

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has linked arms with Muslim and Jewish leaders to call for the California State Assembly to block a proposed legislation that they say “disadvantages low-income minority students who want an education at private religious colleges.”

"Though it purports to eliminate discrimination, Senate Bill 1146 results in its own form of discrimination by stigmatizing and coercively punishing religious beliefs that disagree on contested matters related to human sexuality,” the statement reads. 

"If SB 1146 were to pass, it would deny students’ ability to participate in state grants programs — programs that exist to help low-income students, and which are overwhelmingly used by racial minorities — at schools that are found in violation of the bill.”

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