Text - H.Res.512 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Calling for the global repeal of blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Summary:
"Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) recognizes that blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws inappropriately position governments as arbiters of religious truth and empower officials to impose religious dogma on individuals or minorities through the power of the government or through violence sanctioned by the government;
(2) calls on the President and the Secretary of State to make the repeal of blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws a priority in the bilateral relationships of the United States with all countries that have such laws, through direct interventions in bilateral and multilateral fora;
(3) encourages the President and the Secretary of State to oppose—
(A) any efforts, by the United Nations or by other international or multilateral fora, to create an international anti-blasphemy norm, such as the “defamation of religions” resolutions introduced in the United Nations between 1999 and 2010; and
(B) any attempts to expand the international norm on incitement to include blasphemy or defamation of religions; ..."