California mandates ‘anti-hate speech’ training, doesn’t define hate
Caroline MolloyCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Sept. 27 that add “anti-hate speech” instruction to the harassment training required for most employers and for elected officials, beginning Jan. 1, 2028. The laws do not define hate speech, and critics charge that this could result in Christian or other beliefs being treated as hate speech.
“What does it mean to vilify? What speech actually humiliates?” Greg Burt, vice president of the California Family Council, asked during “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins.”
“[M]any times legislators consider many Christian beliefs when they’re expressed — especially regarding sexuality or gender — they accuse us of hating people,” Burt said. “That’s [the] farthest thing from my mind. But we are simply advocating for our view that sex is determined by biology, and God created us both male and female. Well, to many people that is humiliating and that incites hatred. And so that’s the problem with this legislation.”
