Bill · H.Res. 48· House(119-HRES-48)

Honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by celebrating diversity, promoting tolerance, and condemning hate.

Age: 51 years

Ohio

Introduced: 1/16/2025
Last activity: 1/16/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsored by: Shontel Brown
Cosponsors: - 68 - 0

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Introduced
In Committee

A House resolution is the House speaking for itself: stating a position, honouring someone, or setting its own rules. Adopting it is the whole process. Once the House agrees to it, it is officially the House's word; it is not a law, so the Senate and the President have no part in it.

What this bill would do

This resolution honors the 96th birthday anniversary of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which is celebrated on January 20, 2025. It highlights Dr. King's teachings on diversity, the right to vote, and the importance of civil discourse. The text states that hate and hateful conduct based on differences have no place in the United States. Additionally, the House of Representatives affirms Dr. King's words that anyone living inside the country is never an outsider.

The measure condemns harassment, discrimination, and prejudice targeted at various minority ethnic groups and specific communities. It also condemns discrimination based on a person's gender, including the trans community and LGBTQ+ individuals. Finally, the resolution abhors the violence that led to Dr. King's death and calls on all people to uphold his values of justice, equality, peace, advocacy, and tolerance.

Yes· 3 of 9

Does this expand the rights of LGBTQ people?+5
The resolution explicitly condemns harassment and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community and trans individuals.
Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated?+5
The resolution condemns prejudice against several minority ethnic groups including Black, Indigenous, Jewish, Asian-American, Muslim, and Hispanic communities.
Does this narrow the gap between how men and women are treated?+5
The text condemns discrimination based on a person's gender.