[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 85 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 85

    Condemning the discriminatory practices prevalent at Bob Jones 
                              University.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 29, 2000

  Mr. Torricelli (for himself, Mr. Reid, and Mr. Robb) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Condemning the discriminatory practices prevalent at Bob Jones 
                              University.

Whereas the Senate strongly rejects the practices of racism, segregation, and 
        intolerance based on religious beliefs;
Whereas the administration of Bob Jones University enforces a segregationist 
        policy by prohibiting interracial couples on the Bob Jones University 
        campus;
Whereas officials of Bob Jones University routinely disparage those of other 
        religious faiths with intolerant and derogatory remarks;
Whereas officials of Bob Jones University have likened the Pope of the Roman 
        Catholic Church to a ``possessed demon'', and branded Catholicism as a 
        ``satanic system and religion of the anti-Christ'';
Whereas the Website of Bob Jones University greets visitors with the 
        University's belief that Catholicism and Mormonism are ``cults''; and
Whereas senior officials of Bob Jones University have made openly racist remarks 
        on many occasions regarding African Americans and Asian Americans: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) condemns practices, such as those prevalent at Bob 
        Jones University, that seek to discriminate against and divide 
        Americans on the basis of race, ethnicity, and religion; and
            (2) strongly denounces individuals who seek to subvert the 
        American ideals of inclusion, equality, and social justice.
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