By A. Kim | March 16, 2021 | 3:43pm EDT
(Getty Images)
(CNS News) – The Equality Act, which amends the 1964 Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on “gender identity” and “sexual orientation,” was recently passed in the House of Representatives. Conservatives told
CNS News that the legislation “ignores scientific and biological reality,” and a prominent libertarian said it “would undermine moral and legal principles and cultural standards that have taken centuries to secure.”
“The Equality Act is a monstrous piece of legislation,” said Mary Beth Waddell, the director of Federal Affairs Family and Religious Liberty for Family Research Council, in an email to
Share this article
Share this article
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Thursday on H.R. 5, deceptively titled The Equality Act. When it was introduced last week, the bill had 223 Democratic co-sponsors and no Republican co-sponsors. Several Republicans who cosponsored the bill in 2019 have declined to cosponsor this year s reintroduction of the bill. Family Research Council released a new issue brief today, How the Equality Act Is Actually Unequal, Unfair, and Unjust.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins made the following comments: The Equality Act is a grave and treasonous threat to our nation s core values contained in our First Amendment. The fact that no Republicans have co-sponsored it, even those who co-sponsored in the previous Congress, underscores the Democrats lurch to the Left. This is a radical bill that uses the government to control, through coercion, how every American thinks
FRC urges US House of Representatives to reject the far-Left Equality Act prnewswire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prnewswire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Share this article
Share this article
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Family Research Council responded today to the White House giving support to H.R. 5, deceptively titled The Equality Act, which was introduced yesterday in the U.S. House of Representatives and is scheduled for a vote next week.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins made the following comments: To wrest special privileges for sexual orientation and gender identity, the so-called Equality Act would eliminate women s privacy and safety, forcing them to share public bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, and even battered women s shelters with biological males. The harms aren t hypothetical; local laws to this effect have already led to a kindergartener being assaulted in her school restroom, a rape survivor being forced to quit her job, and nine women being harassed in a shelter.
So-Called Equality Act Harms Women, Punishes People of Faith, and Creates an Abortion Mandate says Family Research Council menafn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from menafn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.