You may remember that last year President Biden signed the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” into law. Unfortunately, Biden wasn’t alone in unleashing the harmful legislation that shreds the definition of marriage. A group of Republicans teamed up with the Democrat Party to pass a bill restricting religious liberty and attacking Americans of faith.
My team and I recently noticed a great deal of what the left might call “misinformation” circulating regarding this law’s impacts.
Let’s set the record straight –
The Disrespect for Marriage Act puts a massive target on the backs of faithful North Carolinians who believe marriage is between one man and one woman. Leftist special interest groups are using this law to punish those who hold traditional views of marriage – look at how radical leftists have repeatedly gone after Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop in an attempt to ruin his business and his life.
This bill only gives the Leftist mob more ammunition to attack religious freedom. As a faithful Christian and a Representative who values freedom, I found the lobbying effort for the bill both dishonest and disgraceful. The current attempted clean-up job is also reprehensible.
The Republicans who pushed the bill claim that the law doesn’t actually codify same-sex marriage and that the Supreme Court is the only federal entity that can regulate how states define marriage. The second claim is laughably false, and if it were true that the bill doesn’t codify same-sex marriage, why pass it in the first place? Yet another misleading tactic from the proponents of this damaging legislation.
In our district, claims are being disseminated that the bill will provide robust protections for religious liberties, prevent polygamy, prevent the IRS from going after religious groups, and more.
These are blatant lies, of course. But you don’t need to just take my word for it. Here are some facts from the Alliance Defending Freedom: