- United States
- Colo.
- Letter
The Antisemitism Awareness Act which is coming up for a vote in the senate (S.4127) is a terrible piece of legislation. I applaud representative Diana De gette for voting against it when it came up in the house. A country is not a race and it is not a religion. Israel's attempt to falsely equate itself as all three is not only misleading, it is insulting as well as dangerous to the Jewish people and faith. It cannot be unlawful to criticize a country. This is an unprecedented encroachment on the first amendment which cannot stand. It cannot be illegal to criticize Israel, it cannot be illegal to criti cize the political philosphy of Zionism. Attempting to wed Zionism to Judaism will only harm Judaism. Please reject this affront to the concept of free s peech.