Friend,
Imagine an America where religious hospitals are forced to perform abortions.
Where Bible-believing churches could be forced to hire pastors and other employees who don’t follow the teachings of the church and could be required to host same-sex wedding ceremonies.
Where Christian schools are forced to cater to the preferences of students who identify as transgender, threatening the privacy and safely of young girls.
If the U.S. Senate passes the “Equality Act,” this is the future that could lie before us.
This disastrous legislation – already passed by the U.S. House of Representatives – is an all-out assault on parental rights, on the family, and on millions of people of faith in our nation. It quarantines faith within your mind and says that’s where it must stay!
Almost no institution or person of faith — be it a school, church, business, or non-profit — will escape the reach of this catastrophic law if it passes the Senate.
While touted as “equality,” this legislation would be more appropriately named the “Inequality Act.”
It aims to expand numerous civil rights laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sexual orientation and gender identity, thereby empowering the government to dictate to churches and other faith-based institutions who they can hire and how their facilities are used, and even punishing them for not falling in lock-step with a view of human sexuality that directly contradicts orthodox biblical teaching.
It would politicize the medical community to dictate what is best for treating gender dysphoria. In Ohio, when parents declined hormone treatment that their daughter requested, the child’s doctors got child protective services involved and the parental rights were ultimately terminated.
If passed and signed into law, it would cause a significant loss of religious freedom in America, and every Bible-believing citizen will suffer the consequences.
This bill is an egregious attack on the freedom to believe, and it must be stopped!
In years past, we could generally count on Republican lawmakers to stand up for our religious liberty and the rights of Americans of faith to practice freely.
But here’s the thing: the Equality Act just passed the House with eight Republican votes and could see movement in the Senate in various ways.
The Equality Act makes changes to approximately ten different civil rights laws. Even before the House passed the Equality Act, Democrats in both the House and Senate introduced multiple bills that make the changes to just one of these laws.
Some of these bills could see some movement in the House and maybe the Senate. Also, we could see parts of the Equality Act offered as amendments to less controversial bills on the relevant subject matter (like education or employment) that are more likely to pass.
As the legislative affiliate of Family Research Council, FRC Action seeks to educate and influence elected officials on Capitol Hill and in the states, activate our grassroots network, and mobilize votes on behalf of faith, family, and freedom.
FRC Action exists so that our nation’s most fundamental values are represented as we impact public policy, influence elections, and support candidates who share our values.
Right now, we’re focused on defeating the Equality Act, which poses the gravest threat in decades to the American family and religious liberty.
But to continue leading the charge to stop this disastrous bill, we need your support.
With your help, we will defeat the “Equality Act.”
Thank you, and God bless!
For America,
William G. Boykin
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) U.S. Army
Executive Vice President, Family Research Council Action
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