WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. John Cornyn issued the following news release:

U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) today introduced the Defeat Sharia Law in America Act, which would help root out and stop the spread of Sharia Law in the U.S. by clarifying that discriminating in the provision of goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations on the basis of Sharia Law is in violation of the Civil Rights Act:

"Sharia Law is the antithesis of the rights, beliefs, and values that make Texas and America great, and we must root out and eradicate this existential threat to our way of life," said Sen. Cornyn. "I'm introducing the Defeat Sharia Law in America Act to ensure anti-American jihadists and th...