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Remember These Names: Three House Republicans Join Dems in Voting to Gut Religious Freedom by Voting for H.R. 5, the Orwellian Equality Act.
PJ Media ^ | 02/26/2021 | Tyler O' Neill

Posted on 02/26/2021 8:47:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind

On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5, the Orwellian Equality Act.

Three Republicans joined every single Democrat to pass the bill, 224-206. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it requires 60 votes to bypass the filibuster. It is unlikely that nine Republicans will defect on a bill that would eviscerate religious freedom.

While eight Republicans voted for a similar version of the Equality Act in 2019, three backed the disastrous 2021 version.

Representatives

* John Katko (R-N.Y.),

* Tom Reed (R-N.Y.), and

* Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)

voted for the bill.

Conservatives should remember these names.

In the name of equality, the act eviscerates the religious freedom protections of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, carving out an exemption only to protect LGBT people from discrimination.

“The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.) shall not provide a claim concerning, or a defense to a claim under, a covered title, or provide a basis for challenging the application or enforcement of a covered title,” the bill says.

In other words, the “Equality” Act explicitly carves out an exemption from the right of religious freedom — an exemption that only applies to claims of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The bill would also enforce the increasingly stifling transgender orthodoxy, forcing places of public accommodation to allow biological males in women’s restrooms and locker rooms in the name of fighting “discrimination.” It would require schools and sports leagues to open women’s sports to biological males who claim to be transgender, eroding the fairness of women’s sports. It would likely force doctors to violate the Hippocratic Oath by performing transgender “treatments” that many doctors believe actually cause harm to the patient.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: badbill; equalityact; gender; hippocraticoath; hr5; lgbtq; perversion; pervs; religiousfreedom; republicans; trannies; transgenderism
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To: veracious

Yep, and it has been for decades upon decades!


21 posted on 02/26/2021 11:02:14 AM PST by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

The winners from those two states must have won because of voter fraud...oh wait, they’re Republicans...forget that.


22 posted on 02/26/2021 11:02:49 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: snarkytart

Yep!


23 posted on 02/26/2021 11:03:09 AM PST by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: snarkytart

And TOTALLY unconstitutional/against the Bill of Rights.


24 posted on 02/26/2021 11:03:53 AM PST by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: SeekAndFind

Of these 3, which ones also voted to impeach?


25 posted on 02/26/2021 11:24:47 AM PST by rhinohunter
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To: rhinohunter

RE: Of these 3, which ones also voted to impeach?

Only one, John Katko of New York.


26 posted on 02/26/2021 11:34:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: rhinohunter
I think I heard that Brian Fitzpatrick's husband Patrick Fitzbrian talked him out of the impeachment vote...  winking face
27 posted on 02/26/2021 12:19:03 PM PST by kiryandil (New Movie: The Assassination Of Ashli Babbitt By The Anonymous Coward)
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To: SeekAndFind

BINGO


28 posted on 02/26/2021 1:33:04 PM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: SeekAndFind
POS RINOs communist fellow travelers!
Fecal-Matter-Can them in 2022!
29 posted on 02/26/2021 2:09:45 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Joe McCarthy now that we desperately need him sober?)
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To: SeekAndFind

The fact that their Yes vote wasn’t needed to pass the bill on tells me they are to be primaried. Kick them out.

NY and PA, go figure.


30 posted on 02/26/2021 3:24:53 PM PST by hattend
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