How the Federal “Equality Act” Would Multiply the Harm Already Done by State SOGI Policies

More and more states are adding sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) as a protected category under discrimination law. SOGI laws extend special privileges to special interest groups, often at the expense of constitutionally protected freedoms, including speech and religion. Activists have wielded these laws as swords to punish those who dissent from new cultural orthodoxies—thereby distorting the original intent of civil rights laws. The U.S. Congress should be protecting Americans’ fundamental freedoms as detailed in the Constitution, not placing them in jeopardy. The proposed Equality Act—a federal SOGI law—would jeopardize those fundamental freedoms.

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