2022 PA Senate race: on Civil Rights


Kathy Barnette: Critical Race Theory is evil race-based Marxism

CRT is evil. Race-based Marxism is making the long march through all of our institutions. Our children are being taught to hate each other based on their skin color. CRT will make America racist again. Instead of focusing on combat readiness and a sound exit strategy out of Afghanistan, our military leaders are focusing on so-called 'white rage.' This kind of neo-Jim Crow nonsense comes here with one purpose: to destroy American institutions and replace them. We cannot allow them to be successful.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate website BarnetteForSenate.com Feb 16, 2022

Malcolm Kenyatta: BLM has to include Black queer folks & Black trans folks

He has worked hard to make sure that all Black lives are being considered in the phrase Black Lives Matter. "That also has to include Black queer folks and Black trans folks and Black disabled folks, and so there have been multiple instances of violence against the Black trans community where I've said to the Black Caucus, hey let's remember this is our issue too."
Source: LGBTQ Nation News on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race Jun 28, 2020

Mehmet Oz: Did program on "curing" gays; later blogged it was harmful

In 2012, he aired a program that looked at "both sides" of reparative therapy, the harmful practice based on the discredited claim that gay people can be "cured" of their homosexuality. He subsequently said in a blog post that he thought that the form of psychological torture was "harmful," but he never said as much on the more widely watched show.
Source: LGBTQ Nation blog on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race Nov 30, 2021

Sharif Street: Add LGBT protection in our non-discrimination laws

In many parts of Pennsylvania, it is perfectly legal for a person to be fired from their job simply because they are gay. We must add protection for the LGBT community in our non-discrimination laws. It is not only the right thing to do, but it makes good business sense as well. More than 400 companies in Pennsylvania, including some of the largest employers, have non-discrimination policies in place that include sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website StreetForPA.com Jun 27, 2022

Sharif Street: Against discrimination based on religion or lack of one

All Pennsylvanians must be treated equally, regardless of their religious preference. As the first and only Muslim member of the Pennsylvania Senate, Sharif understands the importance of religious freedom and tolerance in our democracy. He has a record of standing up against any attempts to limit religious freedom and supports policies to protect Pennsylvanians from discrimination on the basis of their religion, or their lack of one.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website StreetForPA.com Jun 27, 2022

Val Arkoosh: Would be first woman physician elected to the Senate

Ask Val Arkoosh about the possibility that she could become the first Pennsylvania woman elected to the U.S. Senate, and she'll counter with a different historical factoid. "I would also be the first woman physician ever, from either party," she said. Being one of the only women in male-dominated spaces isn't new for Arkoosh. It was like that in medical school, when she was chair of Drexel's anesthesiology department, and as the first woman to lead Montgomery County since it was founded in 1784.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website ValArkoosh.com Jul 5, 2021

Val Arkoosh: For Equality Act to protect LGBTQ+ community

Val believes our Commonwealth is strongest when everyone is treated equally under the law. Val stands with the LGBTQ+ community against discrimination and supports passage of the Equality Act to protect LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians from discrimination in housing and employment. She also supports ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment and removing the time limit on the ratification process so women are finally treated equally under the constitution.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website ValArkoosh.com Dec 19, 2021

David McCormick: 2013: supported same-sex marriage to Supreme Court

In 2013, McCormick joined 131 other Republicans in signing an amicus brief filed at the United States Supreme Court supporting the legalization of gay marriage prior to Obergefell v. Hodges. During McCormick's tenure as CEO of Bridgewater Associates, the
Source: Wikipedia on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race May 22, 2022

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Candidates and political leaders on Civil Rights:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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