Updated: Resolution Filed Declaring “Religious Freedom Day”

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UPDATE: Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) has filed a similar resolution in the Arkansas Senate: SR 1.

This morning Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) filed House Resolution 1002 declaring Wednesday, January 16, 2019, Religious Freedom Day.

The resolution also honors the anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom — a milestone for religious liberty in our country’s history — and affirms that religious freedom is a fundamental right.

H.R. 1002 contains numerous quotes from Founding Fathers and U.S. Presidents about religious liberty as well.

The free exercise of religion has come under attack in recent years. That’s why, more than ever, government needs to promote and defend religious liberty in America.

You can read H.R. 1002 here.

You can read S.R. 1 here.

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AR Senator Tom Cotton Co-Sponsors Bill to Permanently Ban Taxpayer Funding of Abortion

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This week Arkansas’ U.S. Senator Tom Cotton joined 34 other members of the United States Senate in co-sponsoring a measure that would permanently ban taxpayer funding of abortion in America.

The proposed bill, S. 109, says:

No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be expended for any abortion.

The measure contains exceptions for rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother.

It also requires Obamacare insurers to disclose whether or not a health insurance plan pays for abortion.

As we have written before, the United States has some of the most lax laws of any country on earth when it comes to abortion, and the federal government has continued to pour taxpayer money into abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. S. 109 could finally help prevent taxpayers from being forced to subsidize abortion.

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