There is a cogent argument to be made that a bill that passed in the California Assembly, AB 2943, could be used as a weapon to ban religious books.
That argument is being made by National Review’s David French, who explained last week:
As Catholic World Report notes:
CA Bill Could Ultimately Ban Religious Speech And Religious Books
No, no one would ever use this law to ban Bibles .... I'd like to see then take a crack at the Koran
That argument is being made by National Review’s David French, who explained last week:
Assembly Bill 2943 would make it an “unlawful business practice” to engage in “a transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer” that advertise, offer to engage in, or do engage in “sexual orientation change efforts with an individual.”
As Catholic World Report notes:
“Orientation change” can be as innocuous as stating at a paid conference that homosexual and transgender desire can be overcome (not necessarily eliminated) by the Spirit of Jesus. Or even complying with an attendee’s request for prayer that the Spirit of God empower the attendee not to succumb to the power of same-sex attractions.
CA Bill Could Ultimately Ban Religious Speech And Religious Books
No, no one would ever use this law to ban Bibles .... I'd like to see then take a crack at the Koran