claim: California legislators have made it illegal for anyone to deny climate change, under threat of jail time.
evidences.evidence_id: California:1283
evidences.article: California
evidences.evidence: The Legislature shall make no law which diminishes or ignores the role of English as the common language of California.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: California:525
evidences.article: California
evidences.evidence: Among the political idiosyncrasies and trendsetting, California was the second state to recall their state governor, the second state to legalize abortion, and the only state to ban marriage for gay couples twice by vote (including Proposition 8 in 2008).
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Climate change denial:80
evidences.article: Climate change denial
evidences.evidence: In the 1990s, the Marshall Institute began campaigning against increased regulations on environmental issues such as acid rain, ozone depletion, second-hand smoke, and the dangers of DDT.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Climate change mitigation:430
evidences.article: Climate change mitigation
evidences.evidence: In the absence of substantial federal action, state governments have adopted emissions-control laws such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Northeast and the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 in California.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Institutional racism:174
evidences.article: Institutional racism
evidences.evidence: If the government was armed with appropriate legislation and the threat of long prison terms, private citizens would not feel the need to act.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS