This Is Why They Hate Religious Freedom

Jun 18, 2021

Senate Democrats have a trick up their sleeve to ram the so-called “Equality Act” down the throats of every American, thus removing religious freedom from all aspects of our everyday lives. But we have a plan to stop them. Read on. — Mat

Tell the Senate to LEAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ALONE! VOTE NO on the EQUALITY ACT! Select here or the button below.

The grossly misnamed Equality Act—which erases all claims to religious freedom under the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)—just got closer to passing.

Our staff on Capitol Hill has been notified that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will try to sneak the Equality Act into budget reconciliation. The budget is one of those bills in the Senate that only needs a majority vote. Knowing there are not 60 votes required under the filibuster rule, Democrats hope to attach the Equality Act to the budget, bypassing the 60-vote requirement.

Thankfully, this sneak attack can be blocked. If one senator objects to this maneuver, then a full vote with the filibuster rule is required. We are working with senators to make sure the floor is covered every minute to object to a “voice vote” or budget reconciliation tactic on the part of opportunistic Democrats.

Rush your urgent fax to the Senate to stop the Equality Act.

If passed, the Equality Act will reach every corner of our lives. No one will escape its reach. It will impose an extreme LGBT and Q and abortion agenda on YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!

It is so radical that the bill revokes the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The federal RFRA was passed in 1993. This bill restored religious freedom in America to the same level of protection it enjoyed prior to the terrible 1990 Supreme Court case that weakened the First Amendment’s “Free Exercise of Religion” protections.

RFRA passed unanimously in the House, by a 97-3 margin in the Senate and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.

Even the ACLU agreed with Christian organizations like Liberty Counsel in supporting RFRA. I don’t recall any law that ever enjoyed such widespread support.

Put simply, RFRA ensures that religious freedom is protected like it always was prior to 1990. Until the Supreme Court overturns the 1990 Smith decision, without RFRA, churches, faith-based schools, employers and individuals will lose under the Equality Act because there are no exceptions or accommodations for deeply held religious beliefs.

The Equality Act revokes all aspects of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, leaving people of faith without a defense.

Churches, Christian schools, employers, health care providers, pharmacists—everyone—will be forced to accept BOTH the radical LGBT and Q agenda as well as the pro-abortion agenda.

NO ONE will be safe, as no religious exemptions will be allowed.

No school, church, business or person will be allowed to separate boys and girls, or men from women, in housing, sleeping arrangements, locker rooms, showers or sports. On demand, boys must be allowed to use girls’ facilities under the outrageous Equality Act.

We can and we must stop the Equality Act.

Rush your urgent fax to the Senate to stop the Equality Act.

Because radicals see abortion as a function of “reproductive health care,” under the bill’s requirements, NO health care provider or crisis pregnancy center will be able to refuse to refer, perform or participate in abortion—not a pro-life doctor or nurse, and not a Catholic hospital. Crisis pregnancy centers will be forced to refer young girls for abortions under this bill!

If the Equality Act passes, there will be no exceptions or exemptions. Compliance will be forced by law. Noncompliant churches, schools and hospitals will lose tax exemption, and colleges and universities will also lose accreditation. This means that students will not be able to get student loans and will have difficulty being accepted into graduate school programs.

BUT WE CAN BEAT THIS OUTRAGEOUS BILL. Here’s the plan . . .

FIRST, we must continue flooding every Senate office with a mountain of faxes and DEMAND they VOTE NO on the misnamed Equality Act. Simply select here or the button below. Even if you’ve sent faxes on HR 5 before, please send yet more—this is a pitched battle of influence to the end!

And if you haven’t already, you should also sign our petition.

SECOND, Liberty Counsel is working with a group of senators to ensure the Democrats cannot use their “voice vote” trick to slide the Equality Act into the appropriations bill (which only needs a simple majority to pass).

These senators will need to constantly take turns being on the Senate floor every minute the Senate is in session. One objection will force a full vote, which is then subject to the 60-vote filibuster rule.

THIRD, we must pray for the Lord’s protection against the evil plan to deconstruct gender and make abortion a federal right.

In addition to this battle, Liberty Counsel continues to fight for religious freedom in other venues, defending pastors, churches and pro-life heroes like Sandra Merritt from the abuses of government agencies gone mad.

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