[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 29, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E182-E183]
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  SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION CONDEMNING RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE

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                       HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 29, 2000

  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, racial and religious intolerance have no 
place in twenty-first Century America. Hate for a fellow human being 
because of religion or skin color has no place among us. Institutions 
that teach our next generation of leaders prejudice are breeding 
grounds for bigots. And political leaders who fail to speak out against 
such hurtful and divisive mantras have failed their duties and the 
people they represent.
  We cannot afford to remain silent in the face of anti-religious, 
anti-Catholic, and anti-minorities preaching from leaders of Bob Jones 
University. That is why I rise today to commend the gentleman from New 
York for his forthright Resolution. I am a proud cosponsor of his 
resolution that rejects discrimination and intolerance based on 
religion, race, and ethnicity. This resolution would put Congress on 
record as opposing policies preached and practiced only at Bob Jones 
University in South Carolina. Policies that are repulsive and 
unimaginable by a majority of Americans today. Some of these policies 
include the barring of free association of interracial couples on 
campus.

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Just as repulsive is the anti-Catholic venom emanating from the halls 
of this university.
  This is not what is supposed to be taught in the classrooms. We 
cannot stand idly by while bigots are free to spout their shortsighted 
and hurtful words. We must speak out against intolerance and injustice. 
Congress must act now and pass this Resolution.

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