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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 package as an effort to fight ‘cancel culture.’ “Cancel culture and the efforts to silence diffe...

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 release. “A free society shouldn’t allow thoughts and ideas to be censored.” “Free speech cover...

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 person's career, business and family because of their political ideology," Melendez said. "A free society shouldn't allow thoughts and ideas to be censored. Free speech covers all speech -- not just that with which you agree.'...

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,