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(Jewish Group) Jewish federations umbrella releases new document adding gun reform and LGBTQ advocac
Jewish federations umbrella releases new document adding gun reform and LGBTQ advocacy back to policy priority listLess than a week after the Jewish Federations of North America removed hot button items such as addressing gun violence and defending LGBTQ rights from their annual priorities list, the umbrella group added them back into a subsequent and more detailed policy document.
The JFNA’s Working Public Policy Agenda, released late Friday, includes more than a hundred words on gun violence prevention. It encourages Congress to double funding for research into the causes of gun violence and calls for increased funding for the enforcement of existing gun laws and background checks.
The document also includes substantial programming related to LGBTQ advocacy, including goals of rolling back faith-based discriminations in federal regulations and providing platforms for LGBTQ Jews.
The agenda additionally includes a sentence on pledging support for “bipartisan approaches to ensure voter access.”
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Good. That was a stupid move in the first place.