Equality Act blocked by GOP Senators

Dear John,

Three U.S. senators blocked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Equality Act (H.R.5) from garnering unanimous consent and advancing for a floor vote. Thank you to those of you who received the AFA alert and contacted your senators and urged them to oppose the bill. America has a representative government and your voice of truth and reason made a difference.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) voted to oppose the anti-religious liberty bill called the Equality Act. If this bill were to become law, it would unleash legal attacks on those whose faith teaches that marriage is only between one man and one woman and that sexual identity of male and female is a fixed, biological fact.

Senate Democrats used a procedural rule to try and pass the bill on the heels of the disastrous Supreme Court decision that added sexual orientation and gender identity as a civil right for employment purposes under Title VII. Democrats sought to shame Senate Republicans from opposing the Equality Act, but failed.

Senators Lee, Hawley, and Lankford are to be commended for their courage in opposing Speaker Pelosi’s Equality Act and defending religious liberty. (Watch their speeches here.) Their opposition blocked Senate Democrats from receiving the required unanimous consent before the bill could be voted on. The bill now goes back to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Tim Wildmon, President
American Family Association