{"id":174599,"date":"2021-02-25T21:47:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T02:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=174599"},"modified":"2021-02-25T21:59:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T02:59:28","slug":"sweeping-lgbt-bill-passes-house-gop-lawmaker-vows-to-fight-in-the-courts-and-beyond-if-it-becomes-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sweeping-lgbt-bill-passes-house-gop-lawmaker-vows-to-fight-in-the-courts-and-beyond-if-it-becomes-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweeping LGBT Bill Passes House, GOP Lawmaker Vows To Fight \u2018In The Courts And Beyond\u2019 If It Becomes Law"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fsweeping-lgbt-bill-passes-house-gop-lawmaker-vows-to-fight-in-the-courts-and-beyond-if-it-becomes-law%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=174599&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Nancy-Pelosi-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The House passed sweeping reforms to the Civil Rights Act on Thursday, enshrining broad mandates regarding the treatment of LGBT people.<\/p>\n<p>The House passed the Equality Act in a 224-206 vote. The Democratic caucus voted unanimously in favor of the bill along with three Republican House members who sided with the Democrats against the rest of their caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) slammed the bill in a press conference earlier on Thursday and vowed to fight the Equality Act, should it pass the Senate and receive President Joe Biden\u2019s signature, in court. Critics say the legislation tramples the rights of religious Americans in favor of the LGBT community and would put many Americans in a situations of either following the law or violating deeply held religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis body being led by Democrats is trampling the rights of the people in the name of \u2018equality,\u2019 in the false name of \u2018equality,\u2019\u201d Roy said in remarks on the Capitol steps. \u201cOur federalist system allows us to agree to disagree, and we should be able to do that. But if this Democratic Congress, and if the Democratic leadership, and if this White House continues to trample the rights of the people of the United States, then it is they who will be destroying this Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to keep fighting it in the courts and beyond,\u201d Roy continued, \u201cbut most importantly, through free will as American citizens and our right to live free and to alter this government as necessary if they continue to trample our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Our federalist system allows us to agree to disagree \u2026 if this Democratic Congress and the Democratic leadership and this White House continue to trample the rights of the People of the United States, then it is they who will be destroying this Union.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepChipRoy\/status\/1364970491191132166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That act adds sweeping LGBT protections to the Civil Rights Act and overhauls the law in such a way that would force religious Americans to violate their conscience in certain circumstances, critics say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are witnessing the greatest assault on religious freedom, biological reality, and parental rights ever seen in the U.S. Congress,\u201d Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said in a statement. \u201cThe sweeping Equality Act expands the definition of \u2018public accommodation\u2019 in many instances to include churches and schools \u2013 including religious schools. The bill redefines what it means to be \u2018male and female.\u2019 It politicizes medicine and forces doctors to violate their consciences. And it redefines religious freedom into something that would be unrecognizable to our Founding Fathers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) cheered the bill, which has passed the House now for the second time in nine months, and said the legislation had new life with a better chance of becoming law with Democratic control of the Senate and White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassing the Equality Act the last time was historic, a day of hope and happiness for millions,\u201d Pelosi said in a speech on the House floor, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/feb\/25\/house-passes-equality-act-despite-objections-over-\/\">The Washington Times<\/a>. \u201cNow with a Democratic Senate majority and President Biden in the White House, and Vice President Harris there as well, we will pass it once more and we will never stop fighting until it becomes law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House passed sweeping reforms to the Civil Rights Act on Thursday, enshrining broad mandates regarding the treatment of LGBT people. 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