Opinion | Here's why conservatives wanted the Equality Act debate to focus on trans kids

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Opinion | Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons: Conservatives opposing the Equality Act don't speak for most people of faith, and they know it. - NBCNewsTHINK

Still, it is not just the lies the religious right tells about transgender youth or religious freedom that should rankle other Americans of faith: Its loud, often bigoted opposition to the Equality Act obscures the fact that most Americans who self-identify as religious support this legislation.— 83 percent — favor laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations and housing.

As the weakness of the religious right's arguments has become more and more visible, its fearmongering about the dignity of LGBTQ people has shifted. Americans of all religious backgrounds also reject the distorted"religious freedom" framing of the religious right's opposition to the Equality Act, as outlined Wednesday by Greene.

, including Catholic, evangelical Protestant, mainline Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Unitarian Universalist and Hindu groups. And faith groups that recognize the dignity of LGBTQ people have a faithful ally in the White House: President Joe Biden — one of the most overtly religious presidents since Jimmy Carter — has made the Equality Act a priority for his administration.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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