The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the so-called “Equality Act.” It now goes to the Senate for consideration.
The Equality Act would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the list of protected classes under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
This means that almost no area of American public life—including education, employment, public accommodations, housing, medical care, non-profits, and federal funding for example—will be left untouched.
The Equality Act:
- Attacks the fundamental freedoms of speech and religion.
◦ It could force faith-based charities, non-profits, and schools to operate contrary to their religious beliefs concerning human sexuality, or risk punishment or loss of federal funding.
◦ Creative professionals— especially in the wedding industry— could be compelled to communicate messages about marriage that violate their conscience or be forced out of the wedding industry altogether.
◦ It would force faith-based foster care and adoption agencies to shut down or change their policy of only placing children with a married husband and wife.
- Threatens privacy, safety, and opportunities for women and girls.
◦ Biological men claiming to identify as women will have access to women-only intimate spaces like locker rooms, bathrooms, showers, and women’s shelters—giving easy access to sexual predators.
◦ Title IX, which is supposed to make sure women have the same opportunities as men, including in sports, would be gutted as men identifying as women could claim these opportunities. It is already happening around the country where boys identifying as women are displacing women in sex-specific sports in high school and college.
- Undermines parental rights.
◦ Parents could lose custody of their gender-dysphoric child if they do not support their child’s desire to take puberty blocker and cross-sex hormones.
◦ Public education would be legally required to teach and operate in line with transgender ideology, regardless of parental opposition.
- Would embed transgender ideology into federal law.
◦ As Ryan T. Anderson points out, the Equality Act “could impose a nationwide transgender bathroom policy, a nationwide pronoun policy, and a nationwide sex-reassignment health care mandate.”
◦ It could force hospital facilities, medical professionals, and insurance plans to provide gender-transitioning services, or be found guilty of unlawful discrimination.
We need your help! Contact Senator Ron Johnson (R) and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D), an “out” lesbian who co-authored this bill, TODAY to voice your opposition to the Equality Act, H.R. 5.
Action Needed:
- Contact Sen. Ron Johnson 202-224-5323 and Sen. Tammy Baldwin 202-224-5653 TODAY. Ask them to oppose the Equality Act.
- Make your voice heard!
- Pray! Pray that our Senators vote against the Equality Act.
