Angelina Jolie Goes to Capitol Hill to Push for Renewal of Violence Against Women Act

Actress 🎬Angelina Jolie became emotional Wednesday as she and senators appeared on Capitol Hill and announced a plan to bring forth the reauthorization of the “Violence Against Women Act.”

Jolie’s goal was to push senators to move this legislation forward. She told them on Wednesday that it would be “one of the most important votes you’ll cast in the Senate.”

In this sinful world, we will have to endure suffering, and sometimes it will be through other people. But like the Bible shows us, Romans 5:3-5 says, “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”

The Violence Against Women Act, signed by Bill Clinton in 1994, “creates and supports comprehensive, cost-effective responses to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking,” as the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) puts it.

As ABC News reports, “The law lapsed in 2018 due to Republican opposition to some added provisions, including protections extended to transgender individuals and efforts to close the so-called ‘boyfriend loophole,’ which refers to federal law that bars domestic violence abusers from obtaining guns but only applies to current or former marital spouses, current or former cohabitants or someone who shares a child with the victim.”