Rep. Chip RoyCharles (Chip) Eugene RoyHouse Conservatives push back efforts to revive earmarks. Legislators clash over gun ban in Natural Resources Committee committee dies Ron Wright dies after contracting COVID-19 MORE (R-Texas) on Thursday vowed to oppose the Equality Act in court shortly before a House voted on the legislation, saying it would harm religious freedom.
The Equality Act would extend to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equitable Housing Act by adding protection for LGBTQ Americans.
Roy, along with members of the Conservative House Freedom Caucus before the U.S. Capitol, said the legislation tramples on the rights of the American people in the name of equality in the false name of equality. ”
‘This is a government that uses its power to say that we must bow to the will of a cultural elite in this city who wants to tell us what we believe. We’re not going to do that. ‘
Rep Roy’s full remarks on today @FreedomCaucus press conference on the Equality Act: pic.twitter.com/RPIbzdSMwv
– Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) 25 February 2021
Roy argued that the legislation would affect the rights of people who, for religious reasons, do not agree with extending protection to gay and transgender Americans.
He and others who are particularly opposed to the legislation have criticized the ban on facilities receiving federal funding to block transgender people from toilets that are in line with their gender identity.
“We will continue to fight it in the courts and beyond,” Roy said.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.), Who was with Roy at his address, spoke out strongly against the Equality Act and had an increasing dispute with Representative Marie Newman (D-Ill.), Whose daughter is transgender. Newman on Wednesday placed a transgender equality flag outside her office to which Greene responded by putting up a sign outside her office that read: ‘There are TWO genders: MALE & WOMAN. ”
The bill prohibits discrimination based on ‘sex, sexual orientation and gender identity’ in public spaces, such as facilities receiving federal funding, as well as education and workplaces.
The bill would also prohibit individuals from being blocked from shared spaces that match their gender identity, such as restrooms and locker rooms.
President Biden
Joe BidenKlain on Manchin’s objection to Neera Tanden: He’s not answering us at the White House ‘Senators gave no timeline on removing the National Guard, the Capitol Fence Overnight Defense: the new chairman of the Senate’s armed services talks about the naming of the Pentagon policy, Afghanistan, more | Biden reads report on Khashoggi murder | Austin emphasizes vaccine safety in new video MORE put its support behind the bill and urged Congress last week to pass it quickly.
“Every human being must be treated with dignity and respect, and this bill represents a critical step in ensuring that America adheres to our fundamental values of equality and freedom for all,” Biden said in a statement.