{"id":26014,"date":"2024-02-29T12:03:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?p=26014"},"modified":"2024-03-01T22:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T03:09:28","slug":"voting-rights-is-a-blessed-liberty-congress-must-pass-the-john-r-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/voting-rights-is-a-blessed-liberty-congress-must-pass-the-john-r-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting Rights is a Blessed Liberty, Congress must pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/b> February 29, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact<\/b>: Pablo DeJes\u00fas | <\/span>info@uusj.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Link<\/strong>: https:\/\/bit.ly\/VRAA-BlessedLiberty<\/a><\/p>\n

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Voting Rights is a Blessed Liberty<\/b><\/h2>\n

Congress must pass the<\/span><\/h3>\n

John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Washington, D.C. \u2013<\/span><\/strong> Today, the Senate reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023, offering its companion to H.R. 14. The Voting Rights Act had a long history of bipartisan support, and this bill merits similar bipartisan support. If passed, the measure will restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act, repairing the damage done since\u00a0<\/span>Shelby County<\/span><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply committed to a profound inclusionary American democracy as Unitarian Universalists. The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 moves us in this direction,\u201d <\/span>said Pablo DeJes\u00fas, executive director of Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice<\/b>. \u201cA decade ago, the Supreme Court eviscerated the Voting Rights Act. As a consequence, we have seen too many states make it harder to vote. Yet, we believe democracy works best for each of us as individuals when it covers all our communities in the blessings of liberty.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis blessed liberty should be secured by peaceful means, at the ballot box, in free and fair elections.\u00a0 This blessed liberty should include all Americans, regardless of color, political party, or zip code.\u00a0 The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act will help ensure this blessed liberty, continued DeJes\u00fas<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVoting Rights had bipartisan endorsement in the past, and this bill merits similar support.\u00a0 Today\u2019s federal legislators should rise to the moment and reject an exclusionary American democracy.\u00a0 They should meet their obligations to a \u2018more perfect union\u2019: to establish justice, to ensure domestic tranquility, to promote the general welfare, and most especially to \u2013 \u2018secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.\u2019 We urge Congress to pass this essential legislation without delay,\u201d concluded DeJes\u00fas<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d concluded <\/span>DeJes\u00fas<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 29, 2024 Contact: Pablo DeJes\u00fas | info@uusj.org Link: https:\/\/bit.ly\/VRAA-BlessedLiberty   Voting Rights is a Blessed Liberty Congress must pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act   Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, the Senate reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023, offering its companion to H.R. 14. … Continue reading Voting Rights is a Blessed Liberty, Congress must pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1241,1934,13,1938,1970,335],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-racism-multiculturalism","category-civil-liberties","category-democracy","category-politics","category-racism","category-uusj-press-releases","category-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26014"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26027,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26014\/revisions\/26027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}