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Passed House (02/25/2021) Equality Act. This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system.
Sep 1, 2021 · For the next 45 years, the Equality Act, in one form or another, found its way back in front of Congress. In 2019, the Equality Act passed the House for the first time. Even though it died in the Senate, the bill returned in early 2021 and the House passed it again. However, the bill is once again all but dead in the Senate.
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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...
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...
By Jordan Craig. On February 25th, 2021, the Equality Act passed through the House of Representatives with a 224-206 vote. One week later, it made its way to the Senate where it currently sits. If passed through the Senate, this bill could have implications that would affect churches and religious organizations.
4 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.
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.
