The Democratic-controlled House is set to vote on and pass the Equality Act, an insidious piece of legislation that hides its religious bigotry beneath a catchy title and a claim to fairness.
The bill’s proponents argue it would simply codify a recent Supreme Court decision in which the justices agreed that the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and “transgender status,” rather than just gender. But the bill does not just expand equal protection rights to the LGBT community, as Democrats have said. It would also gut the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, undermine gender-inclusive groups, such as women’s sports teams, and give leftists license to punish anyone who does not conform to their gender ideology.
