This is blatant discrimination. But they don’t care anymore.
And now Democrats are pushing a bill to create a Muslim-only government commission.
Massachusetts Democrats have sponsored a state Senate bill that would create a “permanent” government commission dedicated exclusively to Muslim Americans, tasking it with recommending Muslims for government positions and pushing for changes to the state’s hate crime statutes.
Bill Would Establish Commission With Broad Government Reach
The Senate committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight reported the bill, No. 2134, “favorably” and referred it to the Joint Committee on Rules, which in turn referred it to the Senate Ways and Means Committee, a panel that consists of a majority of Democrats.
The proposed commission would take on eight separate tasks, including serving as a liaison between the Muslim American community and the government, researching “Islamophobia,” recommending Muslim Americans for government positions, and undertaking “activities designed to enable the commonwealth to realize the full benefit of the skills, talents and cultural heritage of American Muslims.”
The bill also directs the commission to “evaluate the commonwealth’s hate crime statutes and whether any amendments would better protect residents from Islamophobia and other similar forms of hatred.”
The 11-member commission would be stocked entirely through political appointment: two members chosen by the governor, one by the attorney general, one by the House speaker, one by the Senate president, two by the secretary of state, and four by the Senate and House chairs of the joint committee on racial equity, civil rights and inclusion. The bill specifies that “members of the commissions shall reside in the commonwealth who have demonstrated a commitment to the Muslim American community.”
Critics Question Legality of Religion-Specific Preferences
The bill drew swift backlash online after conservative commentator Libs of TikTok highlighted the legislation, tagging Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and asking, “How is this legal??”
Other critics argued the measure would unjustly discriminate against Massachusetts residents of other faiths by creating a state apparatus dedicated to prioritizing one religious group’s government employment prospects over others.
The bill’s advance comes just months after Massachusetts courts upheld a lower court ruling blocking the mayor of Quincy from erecting 10-foot-tall statues of Catholic saints Michael the Archangel and Florian in front of city hall. A Norfolk Superior Court judge had ruled in October that the statues violated Article 3 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, which states that “all religious sects and denominations … shall be equally under the protection of the law; and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law” — the same provision critics say cuts against a government commission built to advance one religious group’s interests in hiring.
The legislation now awaits further action in the Senate Ways and Means Committee before it could reach a full floor vote. Fox News Digital reached out to the bill’s sponsors for comment.
