{"id":255495,"date":"2021-03-19T11:16:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=255495"},"modified":"2021-03-19T11:16:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:16:56","slug":"sen-cotton-cites-dangers-of-democrats-equality-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cotton-cites-dangers-of-democrats-equality-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Cotton cites dangers of Democrats\u2019 Equality Act"},"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%2Fsen-cotton-cites-dangers-of-democrats-equality-act%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=255495&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_2388932\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2388932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this May 5, 2020, file photo Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:58 AM PT \u2013 Friday, March 19, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) issued a sharp critique of the Democrat-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/5\">Equality Act<\/a>. While speaking on the Senate floor this week, the Republican lawmaker said the act would punish people for simply believing that \u201cmen are men and women are women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To put this in perspective, Cotton said 40 percent of the top 50 charities in the U.S. are faith-based and religious institutions, which provide more than $1 trillion in societal benefits every year. He stressed that under this so-called Equality Act, battered women\u2019s shelters could be sued for refusing to admit men and religious schools could be cut off from federal funding.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Under the Democrats&#8217; &#8220;Equality&#8221; Act, battered women&#8217;s shelters could be sued for refusing to admit men. Religious schools could be cut off from federal funding. Millions of Americans could be threatened by lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>All for believing that men are men, and women are women. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uV46KCdP85\">pic.twitter.com\/uV46KCdP85<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1372238447159750658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cotton noted, millions of Americans could be threatened by lawsuits and treated like second-class citizens. The Arkansas Republican also pointed the legislation creates a disadvantage in woman\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing fair about letting men compete against women in sports,\u201d he stated. \u201cAnd there\u2019s nothing equal about the Equality Act.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No woman has run faster than Flo-Jo, who set records still unbroken 33 years later.<\/p>\n<p>You know who has run faster? 76 high-school boys in the US in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing fair about letting men compete against women in sports, and there&#8217;s nothing equal about the &#8220;Equality&#8221; Act. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AsQgrU0Hur\">pic.twitter.com\/AsQgrU0Hur<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1372248652723466246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/trump-era-acting-dhs-secy-chad-wolf-blasts-biden-border-crisis\/\"> Trump-era Acting DHS Secy. Chad Wolf blasts Biden border crisis<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this May 5, 2020, file photo Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. 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