PRINTER'S NO. 1186
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
200
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY LEACH, FONTANA, SABATINA, HUGHES, FARNESE, BLAKE,
RESCHENTHALER, KILLION, WILLIAMS, YUDICHAK, BOSCOLA, ARGALL,
WAGNER, REGAN, DINNIMAN, STEFANO, MARTIN, SCHWANK, COSTA,
AUMENT, SCAVELLO, RAFFERTY, BROWNE, MENSCH AND VULAKOVICH,
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Condemning white supremacy and neo-Nazism.
WHEREAS, The tragic events that took place August 12, 2017,
in Charlottesville, Virginia, prove that white supremacy and
neo-Nazism remain very real threats to social and racial
progress; and
WHEREAS, Throughout the course of our nation's history, white
supremacists have promoted intimidation and violent repression
of individuals solely on the basis of their race, ethnicity,
religion, sexual orientation and immigration status; and
WHEREAS, While free speech is a bedrock value for Americans,
white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups promote agendas that are
in irreconcilable conflict with our nation's foundational
principles of liberty and justice for all; and
WHEREAS, White supremacy and neo-Nazism are continuing to
grow as menaces to societal order that seek to reignite social
animosities, reverse improvements in race relations, divide the
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nation and foment hatred, classism and ethnic eradication; and
WHEREAS, The white supremacist and neo-Nazi message of racial
and social intolerance has led to senseless acts of violence
that continue to terrorize members of ethnic and religious
minority communities; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate urge law enforcement to pursue the
criminal elements of these domestic terrorist organizations and
all other violent extremism in the same manner and with the same
fervor used to protect the United States from other
manifestations of terrorism; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate strongly condemn, denounce and
oppose the totalitarian impulses, violent terrorism, xenophobic
biases and bigoted ideologies that are promoted by white
supremacists and neo-Nazis.
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