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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Honey Brown Hope Foundation and the Suburban |
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Sugar Land Women presented a public forum entitled "Connecting with |
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the Diversity of Our Community" on January 31, 2007, in Missouri |
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City; and |
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WHEREAS, A gathering of vital importance, this forum was held |
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to promote understanding and mutual respect among the residents of |
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Fort Bend County, an area that is blessed with a multicultural |
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population that hails from a variety of religious, racial, ethnic, |
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and national backgrounds; and |
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WHEREAS, The event paid particular attention to relations |
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between the local Islamic community and other area citizens in |
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order to foster greater tolerance and to grant Muslim residents an |
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increased sense of security; and |
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WHEREAS, The Suburban Sugar Land Women and the Honey Brown |
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Hope Foundation are spotlighting this issue at a crucial time; |
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there has been an increased amount of hostility directed at Muslims |
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throughout the United States, and a group of young people who attend |
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Dulles High School in Sugar Land recently vandalized a local |
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Islamic Center; and |
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WHEREAS, This most unfortunate incident is a sobering |
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reminder of the corrosive and unjust anger that can exist in our |
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community, but it has also offered a degree of hope for improved |
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relations; one of the young people involved in the act has expressed |
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deep remorse for his actions; the Islamic Society of Greater |
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Houston South Zone has, in turn, shown compassion for this young man |
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and asked the court to be lenient in punishing him for his crime; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, By focusing on this occurrence and its hopeful |
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outcome, this community forum helped to bridge harmful divisions |
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and to create greater unity, acceptance, and harmony among all |
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residents of Fort Bend County; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize the "Connecting with the Diversity of |
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Our Community" forum as an important and constructive dialogue that |
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will improve social relations in southeastern Texas and commend the |
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Honey Brown Hope Foundation and the Suburban Sugar Land Women for |
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organizing this timely event; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the organizers as an expression of high regard from the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |