{"id":174251,"date":"2021-02-25T15:50:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T20:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=174251"},"modified":"2021-02-25T19:43:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T00:43:48","slug":"house-approves-gender-equality-act-in-224-206-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-approves-gender-equality-act-in-224-206-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"House approves gender \u2018Equality Act\u2019 in 224-206 vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-approves-gender-equality-act-in-224-206-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=174251&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2378809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378809\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2378809 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231381086-666x437.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 25: Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks as Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) (L), Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-MN), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) listen during a news conference ahead of the House vote on the Equality Act on Capitol Hill on February 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago\/Getty Images)\" width=\"666\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2378809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 FEBRUARY 25: Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks as Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) (L), Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-MN), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) listen during a news conference ahead of the House vote on the Equality Act on Capitol Hill on February 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:20 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, February 25, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The House passed the so-called Equality Act after heavy criticism from Republicans. On Thursday, the bill passed 224 to 206. Three Republicans sided with the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal equates biological gender to so-called \u201cgender identity\u201d among other provisions. Democrats have been pushing various versions of the Equality Act since 2015 as they\u2019ve claimed it would protect LGBTQA+ rights. However, the House Freedom Caucus said the bill was a direct attack on women\u2019s rights, women\u2019s sports and religious freedom.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2378808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378808\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2378808 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231381576.jpg\" alt=\"A sign posted outside US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greenes, R-GA, office on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 25, 2021, in escalation of anti-Equality Act attack. - The \"Equality Act,\" which would expand the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other laws \"to extend anti-discrimination protections for both sexual orientation and gender identity\". (Photo by JIM WATSON \/ AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2378808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign posted outside US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greenes, R-GA, office on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 25, 2021, in escalation of anti-Equality Act attack. (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMosques should be able to keep men and women separate how they choose because of their religious freedom, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said. \u201cThe Equality Act wipes that out. You see, no one is talking about all of the consequences that come with the Equality Act, but they\u2019re very real. All you have to do is read the text to the bill, which the Democrats lie and tell you that it won\u2019t destroy religious freedoms and it won\u2019t destroy women\u2019s rights. Media, I dare you to print the text.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now that Democrats have effectively destroyed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensRights?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WomensRights<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ReligiousFreedom?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ReligiousFreedom<\/a>, they are now moving onto Federal land grabs!<\/p>\n<p>We are living under the Democrat Communist Party.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DCP?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DCP<\/a> \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marjorie Taylor Greene \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@mtgreenee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1365065554164350978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Equality Act is headed to the Senate where it faces an uphill battle to get Republicans on board to pass it. 60 votes are needed for this type of legislation.<\/p>\n<h4>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-taylor-greene-urges-lawmakers-to-oppose-unconstitutional-equality-act\/\">Rep. Taylor Greene Urges Lawmakers To Oppose \u2018Unconstitutional\u2019 Equality Act<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274255,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231381086-666x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"House approves gender \u2018Equality Act\u2019 in 224-206 vote","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231381086-666x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"House approves gender \u2018Equality Act\u2019 in 224-206 vote","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}