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As Equality Act hearing begins, faith leaders meet with Sen. Coons to voice support
Wednesday’s hearing is the furthest the legislation, versions of which have been floating around Capitol Hill since the 1970s, has gotten in the legislative process.
Rabbi Jack Moline, center, president of Interfaith Alliance, hands Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., left, a group of petitions from faith leaders in support of the Equality Act, March 16, 2021, in Washington’s Union Station. RNS photo by Jack Jenkins
March 17, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of clergy and activists met with Sen. Chris Coons at Union Station, the ornate train terminal in view of the U.S. Capitol, on Tuesday (March 16) to show support for the sweeping LGBTQ rights bill known as the Equality Act, ahead of Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the bill. ....

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