ST. PAUL, Minnesota (LifeSiteNews) — Minnesota residents may soon end up on a government database if they discuss the origins of COVID-19 or quote Bible verses that criticize homosexuality.
Minnesota’s Democrat-controlled legislature last month approved a bill that requires the state Department of Human Rights to collect allegations of perceived “discrimination” or microaggressions in a new “bias” registry.
The proposal would allow people to submit reports of alleged “slurs or verbal attacks” and similar incidents, even if they do not constitute crimes, according to the St. Cloud Times.
Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation to create a bias registry in January before adding the language to a sweeping, left-wing public safety bill, Senate File 2909, which also imposes severe restrictions on gun ownership.