Post by benson on Feb 14, 2022 20:23:55 GMT
Republican-backed bill seeks to address ‘cancel culture’
Under the proposed bill, Cross would be further protected to speak in opposition of gender identity policies at future school board meetings.
Del. Dawn M. Adams, D-Richmond, questioned in the subcommittee how the bill could undermine faith in both the public servant and the agency of their employer.
Adams and Davis disagreed if employees could abuse the proposed law. Davis focused primarily on issues like employees complaining about vacation policies, while Adams was concerned with how the bill could protect hate speech.
“I just find this [bill] so dangerously offensive,” Adams said. “We can whitewash it with less toxic behaviors, but you cannot imagine the harm it does emotionally and spiritually to people when you are using social media for such bad purposes.”
Adams later thanked Davis for listening to her concerns and addressing them through substitutions. Adams, who raised concerns for the original bill, voted for the amended version. Otherwise the vote was split along party lines.
The amended bill would allow employees to voice dissent at public meetings rather than protecting them more broadly from expressing opinions against policies in their personal time.
Josh Hetzler, a legislative counsel from the Founding Freedoms Law Center, a legal arm of the Family Foundation, spoke in support of the bill at the subcommittee hearing. The Family Foundation is a nonprofit, faith-based organization that advocates for policies based on biblical principles.
“Let me tell you, the cancel culture is real,” Hetzler said to the subcommittee. “What this bill does is seek to address that.”
www.wric.com/news/politics/capitol-connection/republican-backed-bill-seeks-to-address-cancel-culture/
Under the proposed bill, Cross would be further protected to speak in opposition of gender identity policies at future school board meetings.
Del. Dawn M. Adams, D-Richmond, questioned in the subcommittee how the bill could undermine faith in both the public servant and the agency of their employer.
Adams and Davis disagreed if employees could abuse the proposed law. Davis focused primarily on issues like employees complaining about vacation policies, while Adams was concerned with how the bill could protect hate speech.
“I just find this [bill] so dangerously offensive,” Adams said. “We can whitewash it with less toxic behaviors, but you cannot imagine the harm it does emotionally and spiritually to people when you are using social media for such bad purposes.”
Adams later thanked Davis for listening to her concerns and addressing them through substitutions. Adams, who raised concerns for the original bill, voted for the amended version. Otherwise the vote was split along party lines.
The amended bill would allow employees to voice dissent at public meetings rather than protecting them more broadly from expressing opinions against policies in their personal time.
Josh Hetzler, a legislative counsel from the Founding Freedoms Law Center, a legal arm of the Family Foundation, spoke in support of the bill at the subcommittee hearing. The Family Foundation is a nonprofit, faith-based organization that advocates for policies based on biblical principles.
“Let me tell you, the cancel culture is real,” Hetzler said to the subcommittee. “What this bill does is seek to address that.”
www.wric.com/news/politics/capitol-connection/republican-backed-bill-seeks-to-address-cancel-culture/