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California ‘Cancel Culture’ Bills Fail in State Senate A pair of bills designed to tackle “cancel culture” by designating political affiliation as a protected class have failed to pass the California Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), who introduced the bills, told The Epoch Times that partisan politics played a role in the committee’s decision, which she said threatened freedom of speech. “I am extremely disappointed the majority party in the Senat...

California Lawmaker Melendez Takes Aim at ‘Cancel Culture’ As the national conversation about “cancel culture” continues to heat up, one Southern California lawmaker is tackling the issue through policy. State Sen. Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) said her constituents have told her they experience “cancel culture” shaming for their political affiliations. They worry they’ll be discriminated against in various ways for their affiliations. In response, Melendez recently introduce...

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GOP lawmaker in California takes on ‘cancel culture,’ proposes new discrimination protections Sacramento Bee 3/25/2021 Kim Bojórquez, The Sacramento Bee © NICK AGRO/AFP/TNS Gina Carano arrives for Disney+ World Premiere of "The Mandalorian" at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood on November 13, 2019. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California Republican lawmaker introduced two bills on Tuesday that aim to ban discrimination over a person’s political views, characterizing the pa...

Font Size: Republican California State Sen. Melissa Melendez introduced a bill package Tuesday that would make political affiliation a protected class under California’s anti-discrimination laws. Melendez said that the bills are aimed at fighting “cancel culture” and “a climate of intolerance.” “It is unfathomable to me that corporations and members of the public would ruin a person’s career, business and family because of their political ideology,” Melendez said in a press rele...

Sen. Melendez proposes legislation to enhance free speech protections Sen. Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, introduced legislation today proposing a series of protections to ensure California residents are not ostracized or otherwise treated unfairly because of their political beliefs. "It is unfathomable to me that corporations and members of the public would ruin a persons career, business and family because of their political ideology," Melendez said. "A free society shouldnt allow though...

A state senator intends to curb cancel culture by adding political affiliation to a list of classes protected under anti-discrimination laws.

A Republican California state senator on Tuesday introduced legislation that would make political affiliation a protected class under California's anti-discrimination laws,