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Equality Act 2021 1.28.21 While the Supreme Court’s marriage decision in 2015 and workplace rights decision in 2020 expanded explicit protections for LGBTQ people, there is still much to be done to ensure equal treatment under the law.
Jan 1, 2022 · Equality Act 2010 2010 CHAPTER 15. An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain ...
Nov 27, 2023 · In March 2021, the HRC reported that a recent poll showed “an overwhelming seven in 10 voters support the Equality Act, spanning across demographic and partisan groups, including across all ages, races, religions, and political parties.” Unfortunately, the Senate poses a problem, just as it did over two decades ago.
July 2021. The Equality Act 10 Years on Report is the largest and most comprehensive review of the Act in its decade-long history. The report argues that the existing protected characteristics are largely rooted in biology and proposes that new protected characteristics such as socioeconomic background, homelessness, accent, hair, weight, and ...
Feb 27, 2021 · On Thursday, February 25, 2021, the House of Representatives in the United States passed H.R.5, also known as the Equality Act. We stand by our statements from 2019 and reiterate the Church’s support for equality and fairness. We could support legislation that provides protection for LGBT persons as well as people and institutions of faith ...
Apr 1, 2022 · The Equality Act is a piece of federal legislation that would update current civil rights laws for the 21st century. It includes significant and explicit protections for LGBTQ+ people in public accommodations, federally funded programs, employment, housing, education, credit, jury service, and education. The Equality Act would do three things:
Mar 11, 2021 · 1. Treat all people with kindness and respect (“You shall love your neighbor as yourself” Mark 12:31), while holding firmly to “the faith once delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). 2. Become informed about the Equality Act and the issues of gender dysphoria. (See “Additional Resources” below.) 3.
