Bill Text: FL S2382 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Sexual Orientation or HIV/AIDS Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-30 - Died, not introduced [S2382 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S2382-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                            (NP)    SR 2382 
 
By Senator Sobel 
31-01897A-10                                          20102382__ 
1                          Senate Resolution 
2         A resolution condemning any law, rule, or policy that 
3         punishes any person based on sexual orientation or 
4         HIV/AIDS status. 
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6         WHEREAS, a bill introduced on October 14, 2009, by a member 
7  of Parliament in Uganda would expand penalties for homosexuality 
8  to include the death penalty and requires citizens of Uganda to 
9  report information about homosexuality to the police or face 
10  imprisonment, and 
11         WHEREAS, many countries criminalize homosexuality, and in 
12  some countries, such as Iran, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan, 
13  the penalty for homosexuality includes the death penalty, and 
14         WHEREAS, the United States, in seeking to promote the core 
15  American principles of equality and “Life, Liberty, and the 
16  pursuit of Happiness,” has long championed the universality of 
17  human rights, and 
18         WHEREAS, religious leaders in the United States, along with 
19  representatives from the Vatican and the Anglican Church, have 
20  stated that laws criminalizing homosexuality are unjust, and 
21         WHEREAS, the people and Government of the United States 
22  recognize that such laws undermine this country’s commitment in 
23  globally combating the human immunodeficiency virus infection or 
24  acquired immune deficiency syndrome by stigmatizing and 
25  criminalizing vulnerable communities, and 
26         WHEREAS, no human being should be punished or targeted for 
27  assault, intimidation, or harassment of any kind based on sexual 
28  orientation, gender identity, or having the human 
29  immunodeficiency virus infection or the acquired immune 
30  deficiency syndrome, NOW, THEREFORE, 
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32  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
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34         That the Florida Senate condemns any legislation, law, 
35  rule, or policy that calls for the punishment, including, but 
36  not limited to, life imprisonment or the death sentence, of any 
37  human being who is, or is perceived to be, homosexual, bisexual, 
38  or transgender, or who has acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 
39  the antibody or antigen to human immunodeficiency virus, or the 
40  human immunodeficiency virus infection. 
41         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be 
42  forwarded to the President of the United States, the President 
43  of the Senate of the United States, and the Speaker of the House 
44  of Representatives of the United States, and the Ugandan 
45  Parliament.