Posted on 03/09/2021 4:38:21 PM PST by aimhigh
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Not one committee witness pointed out how the “Equality Act” would adversely impact Catholic and religious hospitals, clinics, social welfare institutions, private religious schools, senior living apartments, and nursing homes if they refused to impose gender identity and sexual orientation policies. Catholic hospitals would be penalized if they do not abort unborn children or perform gender reassignment surgery on minors or others. Nor would they be eligible for Medicaid/Medicare or insurance reimbursements.
Failure to comply with LGBTQ+ policies or abortion requirements, will result in punitive damages up to $500,000 per violation which, of course would cripple if not destroy the charitable works of these Christian institutions. The so-called “Equality Act” will also prohibit federally chartered banks from loaning money to churches that do not perform “same sex marriages” because HR5 deceitfully defines churches as “public accommodations.”
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You can thank Nancy , every evil thing that’s happening in the US is Nancy’s doing
While I understand they don’t care about the Constitution or BoR, I’m pretty sure Congress cannot infringe on the free exercise of religion. If free exercise means providing healthcare services, the law is moot. Again, I get it, but that mindset is correct, yes?
It might help if you would educate your parishioners to stop voting for the people forcing EVIL upon us.
Have you noticed the Dems have stopped talking about the Constitution now that they’ve stolen the US and are free to do what ever they want
Ds do not recognize embryology as a legitimate science.
“...You can thank Nancy , every evil thing that’s happening in the US is Nancy’s doing...”
The vile demonic Botoxian is one of Satan’s finest demons.
Maybe the Reaper will have mercy on the USA and “harvest” this manifested evil and send it back to its “big daddy” where it belongs.
The Brown Shirts, The Red Guard, the Woke Culture.
History repeats.
Your assumption is rooted in the Supreme Court.
The outfit is compromised.
"Cancel culture comes to Catholics and all Christians (Equity Act penalties)"
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
From related threads…
Patriots are reminded that the only sex-related discrimination that the states have expressly constitutionally given the feds the specific power to prohibit limits the scope of such power to voting rights issues evidenced by the 19th Amendment.
"19th Amendment:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation [emphasis added]."
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
So the constitutionally indefensible, thinly disguised pro-LGBT agenda Equity Act is based on constitutionally nonexistent federal government powers, like most of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its associated titles are imo.
Many Democratic and RINO lawmakers should lose their jobs under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment for supporting the blatant overreach of federal government powers promoted by this act.
"14th Amendment, Section 3: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same [emphasis added], or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
Sorry, I will not comply.
This means nothing...
The Fed’s have no control over churches or religious institutions whatsoever.
Just follow the Constitution.
This is another reason for Churches not to become 501C3 corporations. Church laws come from God and not man...
Let’s see how catholic Barrett really is....
All this is grounds for declaring the act unconstitutional.
The Church hierarchy is in bed with the Dems, though I don’t know if they understand that the Dems’ goal is to eliminate any competition in education, healthcare, or charity from the Church. The whole infrastructure developed for over a century in my area is being auctioned off as Caesar replaces the Church in those functions - and the hierarchy doesn’t understand why people stopped giving? Not only are they functioning as a state religion, they are flush with cash from the sales of the infrastructure our ancestors built - AND PAID FOR!
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