BILL WOULD BLOCK COVID-19 FUNDING FOR STATES RESTRICTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday introduced legislation that would financially penalize states and local jurisdictions that engage in religious discrimination against people or institutions with regard to coronavirus restrictions. The Texas Republican’s Safeguarding Americans from Coronavirus and Religious Exercise Discrimination (SACRED) Act would withhold COVID-19 funding from states and jurisdictions that the attorney general determines are discriminating. The money would not be released until the attorney … Continued