Republicans are holding on to the slimmest majority in the U.S. House by only two to three votes. Kevin McCarthy retired. George Santos was removed. Bill Johnson is retiring not later than March 15. Two members are having serious health complications. In addition, there is a small number of Republicans in the House who have supported LGBTQ bills, including the prior version of the “Equality Act.”

With this narrow Republican margin, we cannot take anything for granted. Keep the pressure on the U.S. House to block HR 15. The “Equality Act” is one of the greatest attacks on freedom we have ever seen! It is the most extreme threat to religious freedom, speech, privacy, women’s rights, and to human life we have ever seen.

Everyone will be harmed, including churches, organizations, religious schools, and people of faith. Please rush your urgent fax to the U.S. House and Senate to stop Republicans from caving to this legislation and block this bill. — Your Faith & Liberty team

This misnamed “Equality Act” will target and attack everyone — especially religious people, and institutions — with shocking, never-before-seen violations of freedom in America!

The U.S. House just needs a few more votes to pass this bill, which will enact the most outrageous and expansive bill ever to come out of Congress. It will be used to force every person to fall in line with the radical LGBTQ agenda or face outrageous court fines.

This is a massive attack on people of faith. The far-reaching impact of this legislation can best be described in this short sentence: What you cannot do respecting race, you will not be able to do legally respecting LGBTQ. This bill explicitly guts religious freedom and elevates anything LGBTQ to the nation’s top priority.

We must fight for our freedom and our children more than ever!

This bill will do all the following:

• Biological men will have access to women’s restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, showers, and nursing-mother rooms at any time, and they will be able to stay as long as they please.

• Cross-dressers could demand to be greeters, ushers, Sunday School teachers, and other roles in the church.

• Pastors would be forced to officiate same-sex ceremonies.

• Religious establishments would be forced to host same-sex ceremonies and even baby showers or lose tax-exempt status for noncompliance.

• Churches and religious schools would be forced to hire staff involved in LGBT conduct, even for visible positions of authority, and give them complete access to all children, even in the restrooms.

• Churches and religious colleges will lose tax-exemption and accreditation if they do not bow to this radical agenda.

• 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.

• 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 assign biological males to the girls' dorms.

• From kindergarten, children will be taught that they can choose their gender and will be encouraged to experiment with each other.

• And too many other things to mention here ...

In recent years, we have won the battle by stopping this bill in the Senate. But HR 15 is back. We must target the full House. Every vote counts. This year, a victory will require every vote we can muster.

The "Equality Act" will apply to everyone — to all businesses, public and private schools, K-college, churches, all the way down to online, at-home businesses, home-based daycares, adoption and foster care, medical providers — and the list goes on. This bill demands that every person bow the knee to the radical LGBTQ agenda.

This bill will cover every area of our lives.

HR 15 repeals the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act and strips religious people of their last remaining defense of living out their faith. No person, church, or school will be untouched.

It is imperative that we do not allow this bill to pass.

Together, we can win! We cannot emphasize enough how important it is to stop HR 15.

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Fax members of Congress directly and urge them to block this legislation. And sign the petition against this outrageous bill. God’s blessings on you and your family.

Sources:

“H.R.15.” Congress.gov. Accessed January 18, 2024. Congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/15/text.

Hulse, Carl. “The House G.O.P.’S Incredible Shrinking Majority.” The New York Times, January 16, 2024. Nytimes.com/2024/01/16/us/politics/republicans-house-majority.html.