Posted on 05/05/2019 6:13:07 AM PDT by grimalkin
The Alliance Defending Freedom, a powerhouse of civil and religious rights advocacy, has joined other groups in denouncing the Equality Act proposed in the Democratic-majority House as a threat to faith.
“Essentially, the Equality Act gives people of faith an ultimatum: Change your faith-based practices or face government punishment,” wrote ADF’s Sarah Kramer.
WND reported it would amend the Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, public education, federal funding, credit and the jury system.
And it would specifically prevent Christians from relying on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to uphold their religious rights.
Washington watchdog Judicial Watch has warned it would effectively eliminate single-sex “public multi-stall bathrooms, domestic violence or rape crisis shelters, drug rehabilitation centers, jails, juvenile detention facilities, homeless shelters, locker rooms or group showers.”
The Equality Act also was criticized by leaders such as James Dobson of the James Dobson Family Institute.
He warned, “Make no mistake – the so-called Equality Act is nothing but a thinly veiled attempt to finish off religious liberty in America once and for all, which ought to be plainly obvious based upon a cursory reading of the First Amendment.”
Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said during congressional discussion that religious rights protected by the First Amendment never should be used as a defense in a conflict with LGBT rights.
ADF said that while “equality” may “sound nice to some ears, this bill actually poses a devastating and unprecedented threat to religious freedom and the progress that women have made toward true equal treatment in law and culture.”
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And still lazy assed Americans will not get off their couch potatoe butts and vote these vermin out of office. So the evil will eventually overflow them and they will remain clueless why! I fear America is no more than a ghostly shell of a Constitutional Republic due to lazy sovereigns not worthy of the founders’ Gift.
The act only applies to Christians, Jews, Buddhists, and Hindus. All others are free to practice Islam.
George Orwell was a prophet!
Yes, that’s because Islam is compatible with their totalitarian worldview.
$20 says Muslims would be exempt.
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RW-II, because we'll win.
The Crucify crowd is back in style. That means we are really making a difference as Christians.. The 4D ultrasound and Unplanned has unmasked them.
That means we are winning and they are back to their last card. It’s time to purge the church of the religious and only those in Christ remain, eternally powerful.
Woohoo.
Well, thankfully, we have a rock-ribbed Conservative Senate led by Mitch McConnell who......oh, carp, we’re scrood.
And given a chance, I'd like the Constitution to state that the Koran is not a religious book and Islam is not a religion and neither are legal within the US.
Fine. I’m getting old and I had hoped The Tree Of Liberty would’ve been refreshed NY now. I’m just happy that demonicRATS are hastening that restorative event. I pray that Almighty God will let me live long enough to see it.
NY now = by now. Stupid autocorrect
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Democrats are failing miserably to capture public opinion and the Media has a lot to do with that by colluding out in the open. They realize it that’s why there’s 20+ losers running and the issues they are discussing are wrapped in panderism and desperation. You can smell it all the way to the top with the DNC charging $175,000 for their voter database access.
How ironic it is that the Muslims are the ones who kill the homos.
Muzzies will be exempt and free to continue throwing gays off buildings.
I just can’t fathom why the Democrats cater to 3-5% of the population on the issues of the homosexual community.
How can it be so important to garner the attention for such a small minority of citizens?
It’s complicated, but it works like this: The degenerates are a small minority but the media helps paint them as victims of discrimination, thus demon rats can then exploit the issue with their dumbed down voters trained to vote D to resist discrimination. Add to that the reality that demon rats are also degenrates and deviants and liars and thieves and you have ‘votes for the underdogs’. It is all a scam that sadly is loved by the stupid D voters and leftists voters and lazy supposed Christian voters.
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