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S.2525

S.2525: First Amendment Defense Act

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Introduced March 8, 2018
Latest Major Action March 8, 2018

Bill Sponsor

Mike Lee (R-Utah)

Bill Cosponsors

22 (All Republicans)

Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)
Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)
James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)
Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)
Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)
Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)
John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)
John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
John Thune (R-S.D.)
Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
David Perdue (R-Ga.)
Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
John Boozman (R-Ark.)
Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
John Kennedy (R-La.)

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Introduced in Senate - March 8, 2018

Bill Summary

First Amendment Defense Act This bill prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person speaks or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that: (1) marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman or two individuals as recognized under federal law, or (2) sexual relations outside marriage are improper. The bill defines "person" as...

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Date	Description
March 8, 2018	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
March 8, 2018	Introduced in the Senate by Mike Lee (R-Utah)

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