When LGBT activists said their push for same-sex “marriage” was about “marriage equality,” they weren’t being entirely honest.
Not that evangelical Christians are necessarily surprised, but Wednesday, a group of “gay rights” activists, with help from the liberal Daily Kos website, launched an online petition demanding “full civil rights” for all LGBT people everywhere. They are demanding legislators adopt the Equality Act, which they say is an “update” of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The activists, in support of their cause, wrote:
[I]n the majority of states in the country, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans can be fired from their jobs, evicted from their apartments, or denied services because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and presentation … Progressive champions Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) introduced the legislation in 2015 to protect LGBT people from discrimination in education, employment, housing, credit, and federal jury service, providing them with basic civil rights protections.
Marriage equality is not enough, LGBT people need full civil rights.
A majority of Americans support equal protection under the law for LGBT Americans, but that has not stopped the attacks from conservative extremists across the country. Right-wing legislators are not only refusing to create a climate of safety and inclusion, they are proactively attempting to dismantle the rights of LGBT people. When our elected officials stigmatize and target LGBT people, it contributes to a larger social context of intolerance. More than half of LGBT people in the United States fearfully expect to be a victim of a hate crime.
This is a moment to build momentum for the passage of the Equality Act, and show all politicians that standing in the way of equality and freedom is standing on the wrong side of history. It’s time to show who we really are as a nation.
What the activists don’t tell anyone is that among the many different protections in place as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are protections for Christian employees and business owners. Many of those protections would at the very least be trampled by the Equality Act, if it were adopted and signed into law.
Your First Amendment-protected religious freedom remains under assault.
