Sen. Hawley Calls for Investigation Into Officials Favoring Protests While Targeting Religion
Mary Margaret Olohan June 10, 2020 / 1 Comment
Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called for an investigation into free speech double standards, saying that state officials have favored protests while targeting religious freedom.
He asked Attorney General William Barr and the Department of Justice to launch a “full civil rights investigation†into violations of “free exercise and free speech rights of religious Americans†in a Tuesday letter.
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“Under the First Amendment, state officials must not treat religious persons and groups worse than others, and they must not favor one kind of speech over another,†Hawley noted. “State officials have violated the free speech and free exercise rights of religious Americans by treating religious gatherings and speech differently than the speech and mass gatherings of protests. I urge you to launch a full civil rights investigation.â€
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/06/10/sen-hawley-calls-for-investigation-into-officials-favoring-protests-while-targeting-religion/