{"id":1765052,"date":"2022-12-06T15:47:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T20:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765052"},"modified":"2022-12-06T15:47:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T20:47:38","slug":"house-democrats-kill-amendment-that-would-have-protected-religious-americans-from-persecution-under-lgbt-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-kill-amendment-that-would-have-protected-religious-americans-from-persecution-under-lgbt-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Kill Amendment That Would Have Protected Religious Americans From Persecution Under LGBT Bill"},"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\">30<\/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-democrats-kill-amendment-that-would-have-protected-religious-americans-from-persecution-under-lgbt-bill%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=1765052&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--><p>Democrats in the House of Representatives blocked an amendment that would have protected religious Americans from retaliation based on their opposition to same-sex marriage, in order to jam legislation furthering the LGBT lobby\u2019s agenda through Congress\u2019s lame-duck session. <\/p>\n<p>House Rules Committee Chairman\u00a0Rep. James McGovern shot down Republicans\u2019 last chance of defending religious liberty in the ill-named Respect for Marriage Act on Monday when he refused to even let Rep. Chip Roy\u2019s amendment solidifying First Amendment protections be brought to the House floor for a vote. <\/p>\n<p>McGovern\u2019s reasoning for bypassing procedural debate was rooted in the fact that Roy\u2019s amendment would give the process of passing the RFMA a shelf life that could last well into the newly-elected Republican House. <\/p>\n<p>Seeing as most of the Republicans in the current House oppose the RFMA on the grounds that it stomps on religious Americans\u2019 right to act on their convictions about traditional marriage, McGovern and his Democrat allies weren\u2019t keen on waiting around to see if the legislation would survive the new GOP-led House. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we were to amend this and it goes back to the Senate, for all intents and purposes, it\u2019s dead for the year. And many of us believe that we have a court right now that is hell-bent on trying to reverse the rights for the LGBTQ community and we do not trust them to respect marriage equality in this country,\u201d McGovern said to the rules committee on Monday. \u201cWhen January comes along, the gentleman\u2019s party will be in charge and you can bring one amendment after another to reverse the last 70 years of social progress, if the gentleman prefers. We will oppose you on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no evidence of the armageddon that he describes being at the doorstep,\u201d Republican Rep. Michael Burgess retorted.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Roy, along with his Republican cosponsors Reps. Byron Donalds and Doug Lamborn, submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/01\/exclusive-rep-chip-roy-introduces-amendment-to-protect-religious-objectors-to-same-sex-marriage-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the amendment<\/a> for review on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to convince conservative legislators to prioritize Americans\u2019 First Amendment rights. Roy\u2019s amendment copied the legal protections for religious Americans that Republican Sen. Mike Lee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lee.senate.gov\/services\/files\/CB39DE23-EF22-4CDC-B645-BF756A5F94D1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tried, but ultimately failed, to add<\/a>\u00a0to the Senate\u2019s version of the legislation two weeks ago. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would be an important amendment just to offer on the floor of the House,\u201d Roy replied to McGovern during the committee meeting. \u201cYou know how it will work. We\u2019ll get an hour of debate on both sides. The amendment will almost certainly get voted down, but I hope it wouldn\u2019t because I believe it\u2019s important. I\u2019d like to have at least the opportunity, in the one hour of debate that I would get in this august body, to be able to make the case for religious liberty with my colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGovern, however, refused to listen to Roy\u2019s concerns. As a result, the unamended RFMA, which expands the Supreme Court\u2019s\u00a0<em>Obergefell v. Hodges<\/em>\u00a0decision to further open the door for LGBT activists to sue Americans opposed to same-sex marriage, will see a floor vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats in the House of Representatives blocked an amendment that would have protected religious Americans from retaliation based on their opposition to same-sex marriage, in order to jam legislation furthering the LGBT lobby\u2019s agenda through Congress\u2019s lame-duck session. 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