Jeannine Bell is a law professor at Indiana University in Bloomington and the author of Policing Hatred: Law Enforcement, Civil Rights and Hate Crime.

Bryan K. Fair is a professor at the University of Alabama law school, where his specialties include the First Amendment, and gender and the legal system.

The Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson of Sarasota, Fla., is the moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches.

Kimberly Daniels is an evangelical preacher based in Jacksonville, Fla., and founder of Kimberly Daniels Ministries International.

James B. Jacobs is director of the Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York University, where he is also a law professor. He is co-author of Hate Crimes: Criminal Law & Identity Politics.

Pastor Harry R. Jackson Jr. is pastor of Hope Christian Church in Lanham, Md. He also heads the High Impact Leadership Coalition.

Bishop Kwabena Rainey Cheeks is pastor of Inner Light Ministries in Washington, D.C., and a supporter of the legislation.

Burns Strider is the founder of the Eleison and The American Values Network. He has served in an array of high ranking positions within the Democratic party including as senior adviser and director of faith-based operations for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, director of religious outreach for the House Democrats and lead staffer for the […]

The Massachusetts Family Institute is an organization that promotes marriage as between a man and a woman.