MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE July 23, 2016
Contact:
Arthur Schaper
Director, California MassResistance
Torrance, CA
Cudahy City Council to vote on religious freedom Resolution
to oppose Ricardo Lara's SB 1146 scheduled for Monday, July 25th, 2016
Cudady, California -- In light of growing opposition to a
tyrannical bill oppressing the First Amendment rights of religious
colleges and universities, the Cudahy City Council will vote Monday on a resolution to
oppose SB 1146.
The resolution by Cudahy councilmember Jack Guerrero supports
the religious freedom of private colleges, including Biola University,
in nearby La Mirada. The
city council meets Monday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m.
Guerrero's resolution comes on the heels of Hispanic
Christian leaders denouncing SB 1146 for how it would "substantially
interfere with the ability of California's faith-based colleges and
universities to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with their
beliefs."
"Discussion item on City Council resolution on behalf of
Cudahy residents, to oppose SB 1146, and support religious freedom," the resolution by Councilman Guerrero states.
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| Jack Guerrero |
SB 1146 would infringe upon biblical decision-making in
admissions, housing, and employment at faith-based campuses, by permitting
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students to sue in court against
these colleges' biblical values in an attempt to harm them financially.
The author of SB 1146 is state senator Ricardo Lara, a Long
Beach Democrat, whose district includes Cudahy.
"It's time for all who say they support religious
freedom and true diversity to stand up for the First Amendment and against
religious intolerance," said Arthur Schaper, director of California MassResistance, which
is helping lead the statewide opposition to SB 1146, which is scheduled
for August votes in the California State Assembly.
"SB 1146 violates the separation of Church and State,
the boundary between sacred and secular," Schaper said. "This
tyrannical bill is an attack against everybody's constitutional rights, because if religious freedom can be
squashed for some, it can be squashed for all."
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