Harmful 'Equality Act' Has ELCA Support

5/20/2019

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) came out last week in support of the so-called "Equality Act" bill. The bill "would place nearly all Christian ministries, religious organizations, and faith-based companies in the cross-hairs of discrimination lawsuits" according to Craig Parshall, General Counsel for National Religious Broadcasters. (See here)

Mr. Parshall went on to say "The law adds sexual orientation and transgender identity as protected categories and then wildly expands the list of activities and organizations impacted by the civil rights law to include any public 'gathering,' 'exhibition,' or 'display,' or anything involving the provision of goods or 'any service, or program.' During one House subcommittee hearing, employment law expert Lawrence Lorber flatly acknowledged that the bill would apply to 'churches' and 'houses of worship.'"

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Advocacy department publicly posted their support of The Equality Act last week. (See below) Director of ELCA Advocacy, Pastor Amy E. Reumann announced "We applaud this historic legislation..." (See here)

You can read more about the ELCA supported bill and its implications here.

2 Comments

John

5/20/2019 04:46:52 pm

Of course it's a quotas act. And as a convenient side effect, it would override the ELCA's own 2009 commitments, and crush all pockets of Biblical faithfulness in the ELCA under the "swingers' caucus."

I suggest the ELCA start by rolling out this policy in its Palestinian-affiliated congregations, just for consistency of course!

Didaskalos link

5/21/2019 04:30:28 am

The Equality Act: an ELCA dream come true.

7 Reasons Why the Equality Act Is Anything But
https://stream.org/7-reasons-equality-act-anything/

1. It would penalize Americans who don’t affirm new sexual norms or gender ideology.
**The ELCA already does this to confessional-Lutheran pastors in its ranks.

2. It would compel speech.
** Ask ELCA seminarians who have ever used biblical pronouns for God about this.

3. It could shut down charities.
** It won't touch ELCA charities, who -- like the ELCA -- have already bowed their knees to Caesar.

4. It would allow more biological males to defeat girls in sports.
** ELCA says, "What's biology? We acknowledge only fluid, ephemeral, whimsically changeable 'gender.'"

5. It could be used to coerce medical professionals.
** Abortion-committing ELCA hospitals won't worry about this.

6. It could lead to more parents losing custody of their children.
** The ELCA says, "Raise up a child in the way Caesar says xe/xir should go. We do."

7. It would enable sexual assault..The proposed Equality Act could impose a nationwide bathroom policy that would leave women and children in particular vulnerable to predators.
** The ELCA says, "Nothing should be allowed to impede the imposition of the Brave New World sexual regime."

"The original Civil Rights Act was enacted to protect African-Americans from being denied access to material goods and services.The Equality Act, by contrast, would be used as a sword to attack people and force them to adopt new ideologies about human sexuality."
** The ELCA says, "What's not to like about that? Get with the program already, Congress. We've been tightening the screws on our confessional members and pastors since 2009."

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