Sat May 13, 2023 – 6:36 pm EDTSat May 13, 2023 – 7:42 pm EDT
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (LifeSiteNews) — Minnesota residents may soon end up on a government database if they discuss the origins of COVID-19 or quote Bible verses that criticize homosexuality.
Minnesota’s Democrat-controlled legislature approved a bill last month that requires the state Department of Human Rights to collect allegations of perceived discrimination or microaggressions in a new “bias” registry.
The proposal would allow people to submit reports of alleged “slurs or verbal attacks” or similar incidents, even if they do not constitute crimes, according to the St. Cloud Times.
Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation to create a bias registry in January before adding the language to a sweeping, left-wing criminal justice bill, Senate File 2909, which also imposes severe restrictions on gun ownership.
SF 2909 allocates $934,000 to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights to “gather, analyze, and report on discrimination and hate incidents throughout Minnesota” over the next two years.
It specifically requires the department to:
solicit, receive, and compile information from community organizations, school districts and charter schools, and individuals regarding incidents committed in whole or in substantial part because of
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