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Jun 25, 2021 · The Equality Act amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide explicit non-discrimination protections on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. The bill builds on the...
Apr 20, 2021 · On February 25, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, legislation that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
- What Is A Public Accommodation?
- When Are Churches Public Accommodations?
- What Would Change About Public Accommodations Under The Equality Act?
- How Would The Equality Act Affect Churches?
- What Legal Protections Do Churches have?
- What Counts as A Religious Activity?
As it stands today, only a few categories of businesses are covered by the federal law that prohibits discrimination in places of public accommodation. The list, which includes most hotels, restaurants, movie theaters and sports arenas, was carefully crafted, as legal scholar Garrett Epps wrote for The Atlanticin 2015. It took aim at the sites wher...
To explain how public accommodation status works, Warbelow offered a hypothetical example featuring a pool operated by a Jewish community center. Like other private clubs, the Jewish community center has the right to limit its membership and allow only club members to use its pool. But if the center decided to have an open swim day in order to boos...
Under the Equality Act, many more businesses and types of retail activity would be subject to anti-discrimination law. It expands the list of covered public accommodations to include “any establishment that provides a good, service or program.” Supporters have argued that such a change is necessary in order to root out discrimination. The narrow sc...
The Equality Act does not exempt religious organizations. Instead, it creates new opportunities for churches to be considered places of public accommodation by adding things like “public gatherings” and “food banks” to the list of covered activities and establishments. “You could see how a church opening up its premises to give away free food could...
In addition to increasing the likelihood of legal action, the Equality Act would limit the application of existing religious freedom law. It says the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which limits government interference with religious activity, can’t be used to challenge or defend against anti-discrimination claims. “The bill would keep churches ...
Joseph emphasized that, under the Equality Act, the government would still have no right to interfere with activities that are clearly religious. Churches could continue to set eligibility requirements for membership and pastors could preach what they believe. “A church would never be required to oversee or conduct a wedding that is not consistent ...
Mar 10, 2021 · Faith groups are deeply split over the Equality Act. Evangelicals, Catholics, Latter-day Saints and Orthodox Jews say it limits religious freedom. Mainline Protestants and other progressive...
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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.
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Mar 17, 2021 · The Equality Act, which first passed the House of Representatives in May 2019, would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to offer anti-discrimination protection for LGBTQ Americans in an array...
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Apr 9, 2021 · The so-called Equality Act, HR 5, pushed by President Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will prevent churches which follow sexual morality as taught by Moses and Jesus Christ from obtaining...
