Lawmaker drops ban on Christians and Republicans as cops

Posted on March 27, 2021 4:20 am

Lawmaker drops ban on Christians and Republicans as cops

By Greg Burt

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SACRAMENTO - A Bay Area assemblyman reversed course and eliminated bill language blacklisting Christians, Jews, and Muslims from being police officers.

Assemblyman Ash Kalra’s stated goal of AB 655 was to eliminate police officers belonging to “hate groups” or those who have used hate speech in the past.

But the bill’s definition of “hate group” was so broad it included police officers expressing religious or political views on abortion, marriage, and gender, or even those who belonged to a conservative church, synagogue, mosque or political party.

“We thank Assemblyman Kalra for listening to our concerns and revising AB 655 to respect the constitutional rights of peace officers,” Jonathan Keller, president of the California Family Council said Friday.

“Jesus said ‘there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.’ California Christians serving as police strive to sacrificially love their communities and treat every person with honesty and fairness. California should want more people of faith in law enforcement, not fewer.”

Kalra initially doubled-down on the problematic language in an interview with KCRA NBC News, even smearing those who disagreed.

“You have a constitutional right to have racist and bigoted views,” Karla said. “You don’t have a constitutional right to be a police officer.”

Karla also said the community needs police officers with approved personal viewpoints.

“The role and responsibility of peace officers is so important for a community healing — for a community’s safety — and the people in the community don’t feel that those that are entrusted with that responsibility look at them in a way that’s unbiased. That undermines our entire public safety system,” Kalra told KCRA News.

But after push back from the California Family Council and Pacific Justice Institute, the bill gained national attention.

Over the last week the California Peace Officers’ Association, the Sacramento Bee, and other national organizations also expressed concerns.

In response, Kalra finally acknowledged controversy and amended the bill Thursday.

“We have put in amendments to remove the specificity regarding denial of constitutional rights. Because, you do have the First Amendment right to be part of groups that may differ in opinion,” Kalra told KPIX CBS News.

The First Amendment problems with AB 655 related to how the bill defined a hate group or hate speech.

Originally the bill said a hate group means “an organization that, based upon its official statements or principles, the statements of its leaders, or its activities, supports, advocates for, or practices the denial of constitution constitutional rights of, the genocide of, or violence towards, any group of persons based upon race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.”

No one was against defining a hate group as one that supports or advocates for violence or genocide.

But saying that a hate group included an organization that “practices the denial of constitutional rights,” broadens the bill to include any organization that happens to hold religious or political views that conflict with controversial Supreme Court decisions on marriage and abortion.

That means the Catholic Church would be considered a hate group under AB 655’s definition, especially after Pope Francis affirmed last week that the church could not bless same-sex marriages.

The amendments added yesterday eliminate the phrase “the denial of constitutional rights of,” satisfying the opposition complaints for the most part.

Greg Burt is Director of Capitol Engagement with the California Family Council.

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John Henry
John Henry
1 year ago

Does that mean that they would not support the swear,
or even offer the Swear?

Owned Global Theater
Owned Global Theater
1 year ago

A petition to ban jews from govt jobs cannot even be started on the whtie house site. A ban on jews in law enforcement would never even be a possibility. Why and how are these rich people protected. They control the money and the cops. Their private army. After that, they have the NG, after that, they have the military. Before all that through, they have the NEA, big pharma, tech….. the last thing they want is a conventional hot war where they could actually break a nail.

Idiots In Charge
Idiots In Charge
1 year ago

A nothing story from the start. Just more white-bashing to keep the races at each others’ throats in hopes of starting a fight in hopes of taking away more rights. More specifically, THEE most imprortant right. The 1A. That’s why it’s first. Same for the second.

Bubba Tihson
Bubba Tihson
1 year ago

What a pile of male bovine fecal matter!
The more “woke” these idiot politicians become, the more prejudiced they actually are.
This is not the age of enlightened educated people, this has become the time of brain-washed indocttinated mental midgets!

There, I hope someone is offended so they can melt down…

Dick Tater
Dick Tater
1 year ago
Reply to  Bubba Tihson

Democrats naturally elected the worst they have, the mentally deficient and the disabled are who they choose, so they can feel better about themselves.

Tammy Jo Hammond
1 year ago
Reply to  Dick Tater

Sen Buttlieg wanted to tax miles we drove…LMAO…and he’s the SMART DEMOCRAT….

Tammy Jo Hammond
1 year ago
Reply to  Bubba Tihson

AMEN

Dave
Dave
1 year ago

The fact that he proposed this bill should get him disbarred.
He does not know or care a thing about the Constitution or the people.

Rostis
Rostis
1 year ago

Californian lawmakers begin to sound so much in unison with their Nazi colleagues (who were also oh-so-eager to clean their police of the people’s enemies), that everyone must urgently rethink the after-WWII trials as the ever-hateful whites’ vile attacks against the true social justice 

Stephen
Stephen
1 year ago

Assembly”Man” Karla is a SOYBOY IN MAN’S WORLD, and a very stupid man at that. He is a liberal and a Democrat no doubt.

John Steele
John Steele
1 year ago
Reply to  Stephen

But you repeated yourself hehehe lib / marxist / democrat

Queeg
Queeg
1 year ago

Chumps
you may not be free soon….

Fred Stevens
Fred Stevens
1 year ago
Reply to  Queeg

Replace free with alive.

Regdor
Regdor
1 year ago

SACRAMENTO - The California Legislative Progressive Caucus elected Assemblymember AshKalra (D-San Jose) to serve as its Chair for the 2021-2022 legislative session. He is joined by Vice Chairs, Assemblymembers Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles) and Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles).

YaSureYouBetcha.
YaSureYouBetcha.
1 year ago
Reply to  Regdor

Friggen Indians.Never allow them into any leadership positions in this nation.
Go home Kerpal, and fix your destitute nation. Stop stealing from ours.
All the gain that nation
has was taken from the citizens of this country through H1B and the like as well as outsourcing.
Not to mention the massive demographics change in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area.

Stephen
Stephen
1 year ago
Reply to  Regdor

Sounds like a Liberal Rat Pack with a lot of bad ideas that will become a threat to the citizens of California.

Highrise
Highrise
1 year ago

They will try again. This won’t be the last. It’s all in the timing.

Sunny
Sunny
1 year ago

Maybe there ought to be a law against asshole lawmakers.

Fred Stevens
Fred Stevens
1 year ago

This proposed legislation is a felony violation of 18 USC section 242.

Stephen
Stephen
1 year ago
Reply to  Fred Stevens

Liberal Democrats are so incompetent they have no idea what laws are on the books and probably have no idea what is in the California Constitution nor the Constitution of the United States.

Fred Stevens
Fred Stevens
1 year ago
Reply to  Stephen

They are not incompetent. This is by design. Their actions and the laws don’t matter when elections are rigged.

Mrs. Pierre Delecto
Mrs. Pierre Delecto
1 year ago

this woke cancel culture in the police departments and military has got me wondering, Who do they think will ever join their ranks if this continues? Surely not the soy boys of wokesterism.

John Steele
John Steele
1 year ago

We will have 601 Committees and we can take care of any issue in our hoods.. On the Spot. Think Judge Dred !!!!!!

Reality Advised
Reality Advised
1 year ago

They dont care. They want CCP soldiers or UN army or whoever else they REALLY work for the commies. Please get it!!!

Stephen
Stephen
1 year ago

The subject at hand concerns members of the California Legislature NOT members of Police Departments. Try to read more carefully before you respond next time.

kamalaswallow
kamalaswallow
1 year ago

Lets ban all Indian males from serving in California

John Steele
John Steele
1 year ago
Reply to  kamalaswallow

deport !!!!!!!! enemy of America

2A > Communism
2A > Communism
1 year ago

Fake news from the start. More religious and racial click bait. Race and religion are good control mechanisms, but this was pure BS from a legal standpoint. Junk. Garbage crap story from start to finish. What was the goal of this story from the start if lawyers know it can’t be passed? To stir up sh@@ among the different races and religions. Is that good for the country? The MSM is promoting a race war in America. It’s true. But it’s not all the races against each other. It’s one race pitting them all against each other using MSM, drugs,… Read more »

dfd
dfd
1 year ago
Reply to  2A > Communism

agreed

Hellen Keller
Hellen Keller
1 year ago

Assemblyman Ash Kalra is a POS and needs to be removed from office any body that comes up with legislation like this is a true bigot

m. fuah
m. fuah
1 year ago
Reply to  Hellen Keller

ak, suck dindu ****

goldenfoxx
goldenfoxx
1 year ago
Reply to  Hellen Keller

Why do we allow them to breathe?

Fred Stevens
Fred Stevens
1 year ago
Reply to  Hellen Keller

The proposed law discriminates based on religion. It was an attempted conspiracy to violate civil rights.