{"id":180230,"date":"2021-02-27T17:52:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T22:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180230"},"modified":"2021-02-28T10:32:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:32:25","slug":"ric-grenell-slams-equality-act-for-attacking-religion-condemns-angry-lgbt-leadership-in-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ric-grenell-slams-equality-act-for-attacking-religion-condemns-angry-lgbt-leadership-in-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Ric Grenell Slams Equality Act For Attacking Religion, Condemns \u2018Angry\u2019 LGBT Leadership In D.C."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fric-grenell-slams-equality-act-for-attacking-religion-condemns-angry-lgbt-leadership-in-d-c%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=180230&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\/Richard-Grenell.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell expressed his opposition to the Equality Act on Friday and condemned what he described as the angry nature of the LGBT lobby in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Claiming it shows preferential treatment to individual groups and discriminates against religious communities, Grenell warned during an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/richard-grenell-equality-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Examiner<\/a> that the Equality Act would give \u201cspecial rights\u201d to some groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want to be treated equally,\u201d said\u00a0Grenell, who became the first openly gay person to serve in a Cabinet-level position when former President Donald Trump appointed him as acting director of national intelligence in 2020. \u201cAnd over the years, we\u2019ve migrated into a group of angry leadership in Washington, demanding special rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the attack on the religious community is unacceptable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Grenell, an outspoken Trump supporter, also said he believes the former president convinced many in the LGBT community to support\u00a0smaller government and vote Republican. \u201cIn this last campaign, we literally doubled the support of gays and lesbians for conservative causes,\u201d he said. \u201cThe group Outspoken has done incredible work. They continue to do it. They deserve all of our support. And it\u2019s just a group of young gays and lesbians who are demanding that people think about these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Equality Act has stoked heated cultural debate since it passed the House of Representatives on Thursday. Proponents of the legislative package argue it is a necessary amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act that would protect citizens from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.\u00a0Critics, 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 between following the law or obeying their faith.<\/p>\n<p>The Equality Act would usurp the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, to which individuals have appealed in cases claiming their religious freedom has been violated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Equality Act explicitly exempts itself from the requirements and protections of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/issues-and-action\/marriage-and-family\/marriage\/promotion-and-defense-of-marriage\/upload\/Equality-Act-Backgrounder.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United States Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/a>. \u201cThis would be unprecedented, as no federal law has ever done so before, and it demonstrates the Equality Act\u2019s radical denial of tolerance to people of faith who do not agree to the government\u2019s view of sexuality as established by the Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House Freedom Caucus held a press conference about the Equality Act on Thursday, during which Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) delivered a speech summarizing the caucus\u2019 opposition to the bill. Roy said 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 \u2026 This is a government using its power to tell us to bow down to the will of a cultural elite in this town who want to tell us what we\u2019re supposed to believe. We\u2019re not going to do that.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;This is a government using its power to tell us to bow down to the will of a cultural elite in this town who want to tell us what we\u2019re supposed to believe. We\u2019re not going to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep Roy&#8217;s full remarks at today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freedomcaucus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FreedomCaucus<\/a> press conference on the Equality Act: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RPIbzdSMwv\">pic.twitter.com\/RPIbzdSMwv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepChipRoy\/status\/1364968277009661960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/equality-act-poses-dangers-to-americans-of-faith-sen-lankford-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equality Act Poses Dangers To Americans Of Faith, Sen. Lankford Warns<\/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>Former U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell expressed his opposition to the Equality Act on Friday and condemned what he described as the angry nature of the LGBT lobby in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274369,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Richard-Grenell.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Ric Grenell Slams Equality Act For Attacking Religion, Condemns \u2018Angry\u2019 LGBT Leadership In D.C.","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Richard-Grenell.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Ric Grenell Slams Equality Act For Attacking Religion, Condemns \u2018Angry\u2019 LGBT Leadership In D.C.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180230","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=180230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}