Equality Act

            Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is attempting to push through Congress the Equality Act. This bill is a bad one for women and would takes away many of the rights that women have fought for years to obtain. It would be bad for most people, particularly who are straight and traditional in their thinking about sex and gender. It would also violate many of the freedoms promised in the First Amendment and undo many of the successes of President Donald Trump.

            Ryan T. Anderson of The Heritage Foundation says that this damage would be done by adding the phrase “sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity)” to the bans of discrimination on basis of race in the civil rights laws. This law would place discrimination for sexual orientation and gender identity on the same level as race. People would be treated as racists if they did not accept the left’s ideas on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in the following areas as well as others. 

1. The Equality Act would force employers to cover abortion, and medical professionals to perform or assist in performing abortions….

2. The Equality Act would force employers to pay for sex “reassignment” procedures in their health insurance plans, and require medical professionals to perform them….

3. The Equality Act would force all schools and businesses to open their women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, and sports teams to boys who “identify as” girls and to men who “identify as” women….

4. The Equality Act could be used to force the military to pay for “reassignment” procedures and force the military to accept recruits suffering from gender dysphoria who are not combat-ready….

5. The Equality Act would force faith-based adoption agencies to either violate their conviction that every child deserves both a mother and a father or to stop serving children in need altogether….

6. The Equality Act would force a variety of small business owners to violate their beliefs about marriage, sexuality, and gender….

7. The Equality Act, in general, threatens the freedom of speech, freedom of association, and free exercise of religion rights of countless people. Anyone who believes we are created male and female, and that male and female are created for each other, will be at risk. This means Orthodox Jews, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, Latter-day Saints, Muslims, and people of no particular faith tradition but who take science seriously will be on the wrong side of federal civil rights law.

            It is imperative that the Equality Act is stopped in its tracks. This law is evil and will destroy many of the freedoms that we enjoy. I encourage you to contact your representatives in Congress to urge them to vote against the Equality Act.