APut 06/26 1116 Anti-Racist Laws


   COEUR  D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- Three human rights laws aimed at
restricting  white  supremacists  in  Idaho  take   effect   next
Wednesday.

   The  Church of Jesus Christ Christian (Aryan Nations), a white
supremacist group, has its headquarters in Hayden Lake.

   One of the  laws  prohibits  paramilitary  training  with  the
intent  to  use  the  training for violent acts against people or
property.

   Another new law allows victims of malicious  harassment  based
on  race  or  religious  beliefs  to  file civil suits as well as
criminal charges.

   "Our intent was to have the strongest human rights legislation
in the country," said state Sen.  Mary Lou Reed, D-Coeur D'Alene,
speaking Wednesday at a picnic for North Idaho  College  trustees
and lawmakers.

   The  third  bill  affirmed  Martin  Luther King Day as a state
holiday.

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