Seven House Republicans proposed a resolution that recognizes magic as a “rare and valuable art form,” and calls for efforts to make sure that magic is “preserved, understood and promulgated.”
It also calls magic a “national treasure.”
The resolution, led by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, says magic lets people “experience the impossible,” and can help “inspire and bring wonder and happiness to others.”
Magic helps bind the different people of the country together, according to the resolution.
“[M]agic is a unifying force across all cultural, religious, ethnic and age differences in our diverse nation,” it said. “[M]agic transcends any barrier of race, religion, language or culture.”
It can also be a form of therapy for children with physical, psychological and social disabilities. “[L]earning magic through programs such as Project Magic can help these children improve their physical and mental dexterity and increase their confidence,” it said.
But magic “has not been properly recognized as a great American art form, not has it been accorded the institutional status on a national level commensurate with its value and importance,” it said.
“[T]here is not an effective national effort to support and preserve magic,” it added.
Other cosponsors of the resolution are Reps. Ken Buck, R-Colo., Charlie Dent, R-Pa., Daniel Donovan, R-Ill., Pat Meehan, R-Pa., Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, and Steve Stivers, R-Ohio.
Read the resolution here:
