HOUSE PASSES 'EQUALITY ACT!' THIS BILL IS A LIE!!!

Mat Staver, Liberty Counsel May 17, 2019   The single greatest threat to religious liberty in our lifetime is now one step closer to becoming law. That's because, a little while ago, House Democrats almost unanimously passed their gift to the LGBT movement, HR 5, the badly misnamed "Equality Act." Next stop is the U.S. Senate where 46 senators, including one Republican, have already signed on as bill co-sponsors. We MUST stop this bill in the Senate. And to do that, we must flood the upper chamber with thousands of petitions telling senators we adamantly oppose this assault on our liberties. You can send that message to the Senate right now by signing our petition calling on members of the U.S. Senate to Stop the Attack on Religious Liberty and to defeat the so-called "Equality Act!"  I share below how the so-called "Equality Act" is, in fact, a wholesale “war on women” –Mat.  Patriots,   You know that HR 5 takes an LGBT wrecking ball to your religious freedom. As the House bill's chief sponsor, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), put it, "we cannot allow claims of religious freedom to be used to discriminate against an LGBT individual." So much for the First Amendment. But that's not all. The dangerous and dishonestly named "Equality Act" also targets the unborn. This outrageous legislation will effectively force health care professionals to perform abortions and require taxpayer funding of abortion. HR 5 is not just a gift to the LGBT lobby. It's also a bonanza for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. But for women, it's a disaster. + + HR 5 is a wholesale assault on women’s rights. That's because HR 5 doesn't just attack religious liberty and the unborn. It's also a devastating assault on women. Let me give you an example of what’s ahead if the so-called “Equality Act” becomes law. . . Recently in a Palm Springs, California swim center, three teenage female water polo players were traumatized by encountering a naked man showering in the women’s locker room. They reported this to the police, who did nothing, because the man “identifies as a woman.” According to the report, coaches confronted the person, who told them he was in the locker room because he identified as female. One of the girl’s mother said, “They were mortified, scared, and traumatized quite honestly. I think this individual is a predator and found a loophole in the law with transgender issues.” That's just a sample of what's ahead if the dangerous “Equality Act” becomes law. This bill, HR 5, makes immutable biological differences and unique attributes between sexes illusory. Under this pernicious bill, birth sex is irrelevant. The measure erases any sex-based protections for women.  + + HR 5 puts women at risk to predatory males. That means women and girls will face increased risk of harassment and violence by predatory males who will use gender identity to invade their private spaces. Biological men who subjectively assert they “identify as a woman” will be able to use women’s restrooms, dressing rooms, locker rooms and showers. Men will be legally allowed to bunk with women on overnight stays at church, mission, or school events and at domestic abuse shelters or in prison cells. In short, the gender identity provisions of HR 5 will make women and girls increased targets for rapists, pedophiles and voyeurs in all 50 states. + + Tell the Senate to “kill this bill”! This is evil legislation. But we can stop it in the Senate, if we make our voices heard. That’s why I’m asking you to join me right now in petitioning the upper chamber to kill this bill! Working together, we can stop this overt attack on life and liberty in the U.S. Senate. But only if we speak out loud and strong. Please join thousands of others by signing Liberty Counsel's "Stop the Attack on Religious Liberty" petition today. And as you sign the petition, please consider sending a gift to support Liberty Counsel’s litigation team. Thanks to friends like you, Liberty Counsel is fighting the LGBT battle and contending for our sacred liberties, the family and the sanctity of human life in courts across America.  We have a huge docket right now and we need your help as we take on Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center and other radical groups and individuals in court. Go here now to make your best possible tax-deductible gift to help Liberty Counsel defend your freedom in courtrooms across America! Thank you for taking immediate action.  Voicing your opposition to the so-called “Equality Act” is one of the most important stands you will make in your lifetime! Yours for life and liberty,  Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel