{"id":6575,"date":"2000-02-29T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2000-02-29T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2017-04-02T10:27:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T10:27:41","slug":"concurrent-resolution-condemning-the-discriminatory-practices-prevalent-at-bob-jones-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2000\/02\/29\/concurrent-resolution-condemning-the-discriminatory-practices-prevalent-at-bob-jones-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Concurrent Resolution: Condemning the discriminatory practices prevalent at Bob Jones University"},"content":{"rendered":"
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]\r\n[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]\r\n[S. Con. Res. 85 Introduced in Senate (IS)]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n106th CONGRESS\r\n  2d Session\r\nS. CON. RES. 85\r\n\r\n    Condemning the discriminatory practices prevalent at Bob Jones \r\n                              University.\r\n\r\n\r\n_______________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\n\r\n                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES\r\n\r\n                           February 29, 2000\r\n\r\n  Mr. Torricelli (for himself, Mr. Reid, and Mr. Robb) submitted the \r\nfollowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on \r\n                             the Judiciary\r\n\r\n_______________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\n                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n    Condemning the discriminatory practices prevalent at Bob Jones \r\n                              University.\r\n\r\nWhereas the Senate strongly rejects the practices of racism, segregation, and \r\n        intolerance based on religious beliefs;\r\nWhereas the administration of Bob Jones University enforces a segregationist \r\n        policy by prohibiting interracial couples on the Bob Jones University \r\n        campus;\r\nWhereas officials of Bob Jones University routinely disparage those of other \r\n        religious faiths with intolerant and derogatory remarks;\r\nWhereas officials of Bob Jones University have likened the Pope of the Roman \r\n        Catholic Church to a ``possessed demon'', and branded Catholicism as a \r\n        ``satanic system and religion of the anti-Christ'';\r\nWhereas the Website of Bob Jones University greets visitors with the \r\n        University's belief that Catholicism and Mormonism are ``cults''; and\r\nWhereas senior officials of Bob Jones University have made openly racist remarks \r\n        on many occasions regarding African Americans and Asian Americans: Now, \r\n        therefore, be it\r\n    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), \r\nThat Congress--\r\n            (1) condemns practices, such as those prevalent at Bob \r\n        Jones University, that seek to discriminate against and divide \r\n        Americans on the basis of race, ethnicity, and religion; and\r\n            (2) strongly denounces individuals who seek to subvert the \r\n        American ideals of inclusion, equality, and social justice.\r\n                                 &lt;all&gt;\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.congress.gov\/106\/bills\/sconres85\/BILLS-106sconres85is.pdf<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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