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What Happens When Religious Freedom Is Gone

Jul 22, 2021

Religious freedom is foundational to a free society and is at the bedrock of America.

And yet, right now in America, Marxism is being openly promoted—an ideology that always leaves death and destruction in its wake. In every Marxist/communist nation, the church is assaulted and religious freedom is eliminated.

The Faith & Freedom team got an up-close-and-personal look at the devastation these ideas have wrought as we recently played a significant role in both the planning and implementation of the International Religious Freedom Summit 2021 in Washington, D.C.

The testimonies shared by survivors of religious persecution at the Summit not only underscored the need for America to maintain its role in promoting religious freedom around the world, but it also reminded us of the imperative fight for religious freedom here at home.

We must continue to stand against the “Equality Act.” If the Equality Act becomes law, it will destroy religious freedom and cause unimaginable damage to the lives of people of faith in every corner of our nation. Fax the Senate now. — Your team at Faith & Liberty

The grossly misnamed Equality Act—which erases all claims to religious freedom under the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)—could be voted on in the Senate at any time.

If passed, the Equality Act will reach every corner of our lives. No one will escape its reach. It will impose an extreme LGBT and Q and abortion agenda on YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!

Rush your urgent fax to the Senate to stop the Equality Act.

It is so radical that the bill revokes the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The federal RFRA was passed in 1993. This bill restored religious freedom in America to the same level of protection it enjoyed prior to the terrible 1990 Supreme Court case that weakened the First Amendment’s “Free Exercise of Religion” protections.

RFRA passed unanimously in the House, by a 97-3 margin in the Senate and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.

Even the ACLU agreed with Christian organizations like Liberty Counsel in supporting RFRA. I don’t recall any law that ever enjoyed such widespread support.

Put simply, RFRA ensures that religious freedom is protected like it always was prior to 1990. Until the Supreme Court overturns the 1990 Smith decision, without RFRA, churches, faith-based schools, employers and individuals will lose under the Equality Act because there are no exceptions or accommodations for deeply held religious beliefs.

The Equality Act revokes all aspects of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, leaving people of faith without a defense.

Churches, Christian schools, employers, health care providers, pharmacists—everyone—will be forced to accept BOTH the radical LGBT and Q agenda as well as the pro-abortion agenda.

NO ONE will be safe, as no religious exemptions will be allowed.

No school, church, business or person will be allowed to separate boys and girls, or men from women, in housing, sleeping arrangements, locker rooms, showers or sports. On demand, boys must be allowed to use girls’ facilities under the outrageous Equality Act.

We can and we must stop the Equality Act.

Rush your urgent fax to the Senate to stop the Equality Act.

Because radicals see abortion as a function of “reproductive health care,” under the bill’s requirements, NO health care provider or crisis pregnancy center will be able to refuse to refer, perform or participate in abortion—not a pro-life doctor or nurse, and not a Catholic hospital. Crisis pregnancy centers will be forced to refer young girls for abortions under this bill!

If the Equality Act passes, there will be no exceptions or exemptions. Compliance will be forced by law. Noncompliant churches, schools and hospitals will lose their tax exemption, and colleges and universities will also lose accreditation. This means students will not be able to get student loans and will have difficulty being accepted into graduate school programs.

BUT WE CAN BEAT THIS OUTRAGEOUS BILL. Here’s the plan ...

We must continue flooding every Senate office with a mountain of faxes and DEMAND they VOTE NO on the misnamed Equality Act.

Rush your urgent fax to the Senate to stop the Equality Act.

And if you haven’t already, you should also sign our petition.

And we must pray for the Lord’s protection against the evil plan to destroy religious freedom, deconstruct gender and make abortion a federal right.

In addition to this battle, Faith & Liberty continues to stand for religious freedom in other venues such as ministering directly to our nation’s leaders and helping to make such important events as the International Religious Freedom Summit happen.

But we cannot do it without YOU, the faithful Faith & Liberty supporter. Please, take advantage of the generous Challenge Grant that will DOUBLE THE IMPACT of your donation. Simply select here or the button below.

Yours for freedom!

Peggy Nienaber, Vice President
Mat Staver, Chairman
Rev. Gregory Cox, Lead Missionary

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P.P.S. FAX THE SENATE—SAY NO TO THE EQUALITY ACT!

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