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Feb 18, 2021 · AN ACT. To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes. March 2 (legislative day, March 1), 2021. Read the first time. March 2, 2021. Read the second time and placed on the calendar. Text for H.R.5 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Equality Act.
Jun 25, 2021 · June 25, 2021. FACT SHEET: The Equality Act Will Provide Long Overdue Civil Rights Protections for Millions of Americans. Briefing Room. Statements and Releases. Freedom and equality are...
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- The Equality Act Is Urgently Needed
- The Equality Act Uses Familiar, well-settled Legal Framing
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It is difficult to overstate the need to establish broad, effective protections against the discrimination LGBTQ people still face throughout their daily lives in all corners of the United States. Lambda Legal operates a legal Help Desk, through which we respond to people seeking assistance regarding discrimination related to sexual orientation, ge...
The Equality Act updates our existing federal civil rights laws to codify the many court decisions and agency actions before and sinceBostock, and to fill in the glaring gaps due to Congress’s failure in 1964 to include protection against sex discrimination in its then-new laws governing public accommodations and federally funded programs. It also ...
Despite the concerns some express about how the Equality Act might affect religious liberties, the bill is not a danger. It applies familiar standards and will not destabilize the relationship between equality rights and religious freedom. Instead, our settled rights to free exercise of our own religion and freedom from the religious beliefs of oth...
The Equality Act protects and advances religious liberty. The Equality Act would benefit many religious people and would not undermine exist- ing religious exemptions in the amended civil rights ...
Mar 15, 2021 · The Equality Act enjoys broad support among the American public and a wide range of stakeholders, including the more than 300 member companies that comprise the Business Coalition for the...
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Mar 2, 2021 · 1st Session. H. R. 5. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. March 1, 2021. Received. March 2 (legislative day, March 1), 2021. Read the first time. March 2, 2021. Read the second time and placed on the calendar. AN ACT. To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes. 1. Short title.
6 days ago · Feb 23, 2021. S. 393 (117th). A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress.
