Video & Transcript Research : 'religious speech'

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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 27, 2026

Education

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  • This extends to class speech.
  • , political, or ideological speech or expressing a religious, political, or ideological viewpoint in
  • Our organization regularly advocates for free speech, religious liberty, life, and the family.
  • Our organization regularly advocates for free speech, religious liberty, life, and the family.
  • Was it unprotected speech?
Bills: HB0159
TX
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  • and the expression of religious beliefs.
  • The court found that his firing violated his free speech rights based on his sincerely held religious
  • and religious liberty.
  • to suppress religious observances, even as it allows comparable. secular speech.
  • speech while on duty.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/20/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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  • includes hateful speech, speech that incites violence.
  • Discussions around how and when speech may be regulated, from commercial speech, obscenity, and speech
  • Discussions around how and when speech may be regulated, from commercial speech, obscenity, and speech
  • and speech commercial speech obscenity and speech that<00:47:10.760> is<00:47:10.880> used
  • of<00:57:56.599> using hate speech using speech sus of using hate speech using speech sus
Bills: HF414, HF768, HF359
TX
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  • and religious expression.
  • It provides no definition for religious discrimination.
  • But importantly, the bill does not define religious discrimination.
  • Religious discrimination, how religious discrimination must be proved, or whether it has to be intentional
  • Whether students are advocating for human rights or religious freedom, all speech across the political
TX
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  • Maintains operational control, neutrality, and avoids religious endorsement.
  • The key provisions of the bill, they may permit religious organizations.
  • And nothing in the bill requires a school or university to to a religious group.
  • state of Texas has no authority to limit their free speech. speech once they are here.
  • or limiting or affecting speech or impinging speech but it is about about the public money.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Commerce and Small Business

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  • It only prevents franchisors from adding new religious day operation requirements after the contract
  • a different religious day operation.
  • a religious day operation requirement<00:09:26.399> already.
  • <00:09:37.040> day not open because of religious day not open because of religious day exception
  • coming in claiming a different religious coming in claiming a different religious day<00:09:42.399
TX
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  • bill is a refile from the 86th session, where Senator Perry had SB 17, which endeavored to place religious
  • regarding sincere... or held religious beliefs; three, membership in any religious organization.
  • This bill simply ensures that Texas adheres to our founding principles of religious liberty. religious
  • For example, ABA model rule... 8.4g could be adopted and used as a speech code for lawyers potentially
  • , or membership in a religious organization.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) May 1st, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Currently, current law does not comprehensively protect these individuals from religious discrimination
  • regarding sincere held religious beliefs, 3, membership in any religious organization.
  • This bill simply ensures that Texas that Texas adhere adheres to our founding principles of religious
  • belief, and then number 2 that burdens an applicant or license holder's free exercise, freedom of speech
  • , or membership in a religious organization.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 16, 2026

Judiciary

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  • , assembly, and speech, petition, assembly, and religious<00:04:23.040> exercise.
  • involved any claim of religious freedom. involved any claim of religious freedom.
  • religious beliefs without interference. religious beliefs without interference.
  • There's no religious overtone to any of this. This is all strictly speech and First Amendment.
  • for free speech. for free speech.
Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs May 7th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Someone has an opportunity to read some other religious text, and that other religious text is not defined
  • Um, religious messages were not part of a formal school program.
  • An interfaith group of religious leaders across Texas.
  • This bill does not expand religious freedom. It narrows it.
  • minorities, or come from non-religious and atheist households.
Bills: SB 6, SB 11, SB 33
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Someone has an opportunity to read some other religious texts, and that other religious text is not defined
  • It just says "religious text."
  • Schools of different religious faiths. Some are Christians.
  • Here, the religious expression was quiet, brief, and personal.
  • This bill does not expand religious freedom. It narrows it.
Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hearings to examine the censorship industrial complex. Mar 25th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

Constitution Subcommittee

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  • The speech of Americans is protected.
  • Free speech is the bedrock of a free society.
  • And free speech isn't a free fall in Europe.
  • They want to jail people for their speech. They want to deport people for their speech.
  • It is a myth that the Biden administration used. government to compel speech, private speech, but the
Summary: The meeting primarily focused on the implications of government involvement in censorship, particularly regarding social media platforms and compliance with misinformation standards. senators and witnesses discussed growing concerns over the influence of large tech companies, like Facebook and Google, in shaping public discourse and suppressing dissenting views. A significant part of the meeting included testimonies from various experts emphasizing the dangers of the 'censorship industrial complex'—a term used to describe the collaborative efforts between government entities and private organizations to control information flow. This collaboration is viewed as a violation of First Amendment rights, with calls for urgent legislative action to restore free speech protections.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee May 7th, 2025

State Government

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  • This bill strengthens parental rights and protects religious freedom. ...rights and protects religious
  • Second is "religious instruction." And third is the "sponsoring entity."
  • I could take them to a batting cage and play religious music in the background and call that religious
  • religious opportunity on an optional basis to our schools.
  • He's actually going... religious release.
Bills: SB13, SB278, SB13