Just a few weeks ago, Nancy Pelosi, D-California, introduced (or re-introduced?) H.R. 5, the so-called Equality Act. This bill would add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" (SOGI) as protected classes under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. Of course we, as Catholics and Christians, accept each individual as created by God and as such, worthy and deserving of our love, prayers and basic human rights, but THIS bill proposes something far different.. something sinister. This bill H.R. 5 would essentially criminalize Christian principles! Speaker Pelosi and those who support this bill would usher in and establish radical sexual ideology and practices that would supercede any citizen's and any business owner's religious liberties and First Amendment rights. This unprecedented law would sanction government discrimination against traditional values and doctrines of religious faiths and the deeply held religious principles of private business employers and their employees. As Liberty Counsel summarized the bill: HR 5 is a bill that pushes the LGBT agenda on all people and targets Christianity in every area of life—including the church. There will be an increase of instances where Christians and others are being punished unless they violate their beliefs in order to comply with such a law. And that is just the beginning of unconstitutional chaos in America… This bill destroys bathroom privacy. It would welcome both genders into every bathroom in America. This bill directs religious K-12 schools and daycare centers to force children to obey adults who show up at work one day as a man and the next day as a woman. These children are at a highly impressionable...
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