{"id":177856,"date":"2021-02-26T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T23:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=177856"},"modified":"2021-02-26T18:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T23:44:10","slug":"equality-act-poses-dangers-to-americans-of-faith-sen-lankford-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/equality-act-poses-dangers-to-americans-of-faith-sen-lankford-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Equality Act Poses Dangers To Americans Of Faith, Sen. Lankford Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fequality-act-poses-dangers-to-americans-of-faith-sen-lankford-warns%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=177856&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\/GettyImages-1231062623.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) warned Friday that the Equality Act poses a threat to religious liberty in the United States and will effectively force Americans to keep their faith quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the topic of religious liberty at CPAC 2021 in Orlando, Florida, Lankford began by mentioning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankford.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/lankford-demands-equal-treatment_for-houses-of-worships-to-open-their-doors-and--serve-community-during-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the amendment<\/a> he introduced to the\u00a0Senate Budget Resolution earlier this month that would limit federal COVID-19 relief funds for states or localities that discriminate against houses of worship and other faith-based organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s one of the many things that make our nation so special,\u201d Lankford said. \u201cIn America, every person has the right to have any faith of their choosing or to have no faith at all, and you are still a great American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to take off your faith when you leave your house. You don\u2019t have to take off your faith when you leave church. In fact, I would remind this group if you don\u2019t practice your faith every day, you really don\u2019t have a faith, you just have a religious hobby. Your faith should have an impact on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After extolling the First Amendment for giving Americans the ability to choose any faith, Lankford warned of the threat he believes some on the Left pose to such freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe in-group in society doesn\u2019t get to define who can and cannot have faith, what their faith would look like in public or in private,\u201d he continued. \u201cLeft-wing politicians can\u2019t push faith out of public view because they don\u2019t like it. We have a First Amendment. We don\u2019t have to submit to the in-crowd\u2019s secular humanism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is not everyone believes that,\u201d that said Lankford, singling out California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to be\u00a0secretary of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe sued the Trump administration a hundred times and he led the lawsuit against people of faith, like the Little Sisters of the Poor, forcing them to choose between shutting down their ministry to elderly poor or to violate their religious beliefs,\u201d Lankford said. \u201cHe worked to manage the faith of Californians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lankford then took aim at what he described as \u201cthe ironically named Equality Act,\u201d under which, he claimed, \u201cpeople of faith cannot say you have faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Equality Act, a contentious legislative package, passed the House of Representatives on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of the bill argue it is a necessary amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act that would protect citizens from discrimination regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Critics, by contrast, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/4-ways-the-equality-act-could-damage-religious-freedom-in-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">warned<\/a>\u00a0that the legislation would endanger\u00a0the rights of religious Americans in favor of the LGBT community by putting them in situations that would force them to choose the law or their faith.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Senator James Lankford Discusses Religious Freedom at CPAC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M11BEJAKenQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepChipRoy\/status\/1364970491191132166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delivered a speech<\/a> against the Equality Act on Thursday at the Capitol, saying in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>This 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 Our 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.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/were-not-ready-pastor-andrew-brunson-predicts-worsening-religious-persecution-in-u-s-regardless-of-election-outcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018We\u2019re Not Ready\u2019: Pastor Andrew Brunson Predicts Worsening Religious Persecution In U.S. Regardless Of Election Outcome<\/a><\/strong><\/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>Sen. 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