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EXPLANATION: Delete 117.149 (Prohibition of Discriminatory Practices) and insert new anti-Semitism proviso language in Section 11.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 11,
COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 339, after line 35, by
adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (CHE: Prohibition of Discriminatory
Practices) (A) In the current fiscal year and from the funds
appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education, the
commission shall print and distribute to all South Carolina
public colleges and universities the definition of
anti-Semitism.
(B) For
purposes of this proviso, the term "definition of
anti-Semitism" includes:
(1)
a certain perception of Jews, which may be
expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical
manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toward Jewish or
non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish
community institutions and religious facilities;
(2)
calling for, aiding, or justifying the
killing or harming of Jews;
(3)
making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing,
or stereotypical allegations about Jews as such or the power of
Jews as a collective;
(4)
accusing Jews as a people of being
responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a
single Jewish person or group, the state of Israel, or
even for acts committed by non-Jews;
(5)
accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as
a state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust;
(6)
accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal
to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than
to the interest of their own nations;
(7)
using the symbols and images associated with
classic anti-Semitism to characterize Israel or Israelis;
(8)
drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli
policy to that of the Nazis;
(9)
blaming Israel for all inter-religious or
political tensions;
(10)
applying double standards by requiring of it
a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic
nation;
(11)
multilateral organizations focusing on
Israel only for peace or human rights investigations; and
(12)
denying the Jewish people their right to
self-determination, and denying Israel the right to exist,
provided, however, that criticism of Israel similar to that
leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as
anti-Semitic.
(C) South
Carolina public colleges and universities shall take into
consideration the definition of anti-Semitism for purposes of
determining whether the alleged practice was motivated by
anti-Semitic intent when reviewing, investigating, or deciding
whether there has been a violation of a college or university
policy prohibiting discriminatory practices on the basis of
religion.
(D)
Nothing in this proviso may be construed to diminish or
infringe upon any right protected under the First Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States or Section 2, Article I of
the South Carolina Constitution, 1895. /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 509, paragraph 117.149 (Prohibition of Discriminatory Practices), lines 8 - 19, by striking the proviso in its entirety.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.