Jun
21
The LGBTQ+ Agenda Surges Forward
“On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a “Roe v. Wade type” of cultural-shifting ruling supporting sexual anarchy. Now the Senate is working to pass the even more radical “Equality Act” that will expand the federal government into every corner of our lives and decimate religious freedom for churches and religious groups.”
The past few days have been quite alarming, and I’m not talking about new COVID-19 cases, vandalized historical statues, the latest controversial DACA ruling, or re-branding of decades-old products due to imagined “racism”. (Though that stuff is rather concerning, as well.) Rather, what I am referring to is the Bostock ruling by SCOTUS. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives passed the Orwellian “Equality Act” back in May 2019, and it currently sits in committee in the Senate. (Radical Democrats tried unsuccessfully to push it through following the Bostock decision.)
Not sure what the fuss is about? Here’s a summary of this failure of the U.S. Supreme Court and its impact, should the Bostock ruling be allowed to stand:
Email from Travis Weber, VP for Policy and Government Affairs for the Family Research Council:
“On June 15, in Bostock v. Clayton County, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that sex discrimination in the 1964 Civil Rights Act includes “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” discrimination. With this ruling, the Court overstepped its proper constitutional role and effectively rewrote a 55-year-old statute — a job which should have been left to Congress. This decision has also opened up a Pandora’s box of religious liberty problems in our country for years to come.
Compounding this bad ruling is the fact that Justice Gorsuch (who was supposed to be a textualist and originalist) wrote the opinion, and Chief Justice Roberts joined him and the four more traditionally liberal justices to re-write this half century-old law.
As Justice Alito said in his dissent (which was joined by Justice Thomas): “There is only one word for what the Court has done today: legislation.”
Some members of Congress have responded to the Bostock decision by calling it “the law of the land.” But this is simply untrue — Congress writes our laws, not the Supreme Court!
When a court — even the Supreme Court — misinterprets a statute, as it did here (as opposed to the Constitution), not only is it not “the law of the land,” but it is fully within the power of Congress to correct the Court’s error by enacting a new law. In fact, Congress has done so on several occasions.
Thankfully, we still have some strong leaders like Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) who have spoken out against this unjust decision and the religious freedom problems it will cause for our nation.
If Congress doesn’t act now, the Supreme Court’s rewrite of the Civil Rights Act could have grave implications, including:
o Religious employers being compelled to “employ individuals whose conduct flouts the tenets of the organization’s faith [which] forces the group to communicate an objectionable message.”
o Transgender-identified individuals being able to violate the privacy of women and demand to use the bathroom and locker room of their choice.
o Women athletes being forced to compete against athletes who are biologically male.
o Employers being forced to cover treatments and surgeries that are not medically necessary and, for religious employers, are in opposition to their faith tenets.
Please contact your representative and senators today. Tell them Congress MUST respond to the Supreme Court’s erroneous interpretation of the law, protect religious liberty, and preserve the power of Congress, not the Court, to write federal laws.”
The following piece similarly highlights several repercussions if the Equality Act ever passes both chambers of Congress and is not (or cannot be) vetoed by the President…
From an email by Mat Staver, Chairman of Liberty Counsel Action:
“We are just a few votes away from Washington D.C. enacting the most outrageous and expansive bill ever to come out of Congress that will be used to force every person to fall in line with a radical LGBT agenda. The bill would also repeal the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which the Court said in its Monday ruling would still protect religious employers. Right now, we must fight for our freedom and our children more than ever! This bill will do all of the following and much more:
o Biological men will have access to women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, showers, and nursing-mother rooms at any time. They can also stay as long as they please.
o Cross-dressers could demand that they be greeters, ushers, Sunday School teachers, and more.
o Pastors would be forced to officiate same-sex ceremonies.
o Religious establishments would be forced to host same-sex ceremonies and even baby showers or lose tax-exempt status for noncompliance.
o Churches and religious schools would be forced to hire staff involved in LGBT conduct, even to visible positions of authority, and give them complete access to all children, even in the restrooms.
o Churches and religious colleges will lose tax-exemption and accreditation if they do not bow to this radical agenda.
o If taking overnight trips with children, including sports or mission trips for schools or churches, you will not be able to separate people sleeping in the same room by biological gender.
o Religious schools would be forced to hire professors and staff involved in the LGBT agenda. Staff will be forced to use biologically false pronouns and room biological males in the girls’ dorms.
o From kindergarten, children will be taught that they can choose their gender and will be encouraged to experiment with each other.
o And too many other things to mention here. See the full list on our webpage www.LCAction.org/HR5.
The “Equality Act” (HR. 5 / S. 788) would apply to nearly everyone — to all businesses, religious non-profits and schools, churches, all the way down to online, at-home businesses, home-based daycares … and the list goes on. This bill demands that every person in our nation bow the knee to the whims and wishes of those who are sexually confused — or face devastating consequences. Please understand, [the ramifications involve] far more than employment.
I’m asking you to get involved right now to stop this bill!”
Sign the petitions, make donations, pass info like this along to others, etc. If you care at all about this, please get involved!
Here are a few related articles:
1) “Justice Gorsuch’s Misguided Sex Discrimination Opinion Fails Logic Test”
2) “5 Casualties of the Court’s LGBTQ Sex Ruling”
3) “Problematic Women: How Women Lose in Supreme Court’s Decision to Redefine Sex”
