-Congress Passes Act That Could Criminalize Biblical Christianity

Congress passed the so-called ‘Equality Act’ on Friday that many believe would criminalize Biblical Christianity if it were to become the law of the land. From Townhall:

… It provides the state with the power to persecute anyone who won’t celebrate any aspect of the LGBTQ agenda.

Far from merely expanding civil rights categories, it turns any recognition of the differences between the sexes or any preference for traditional sexual morality into actionable “hate,” creating fertile grounds for lawsuits. 

     “It is the most dangerous bill to freedom of speech and the free exercise of religion that has ever been proposed on a national level,”

says Houston Baptist University Prof. Robert Gagnon, an expert in biblical sexual morality.

     “It will codify into law that you are a bigot, the moral equivalent of a racist, tantamount to being a member of the Klu Klux Klan, who must be shut out of society and, wherever possible, harassed and persecuted for your beliefs.”

In other words, it would criminalize Christianity,

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Response: This is getting serious. There is no religious exemption in this bill. In fact that is the point- to subvert religious freedom and have it superseded by LGBT civil rights forcing change in the Christian community under the penalty of law; making Christian Biblical beliefs and practices subject to LGBT lawsuits.

Many contend that there is no real worry that this bill will become law since the Senate is still controlled by the GOP and President Trump is against it. However, the GOP has only a very slim 3 vote majority in the Senate. Also, some political observers contend that the bill could pass by merely adding an exemption for churches.

So this bill is still a real threat and Christians should flood the offices of their senators with their views on this legislation. If the bill passed with an exemption for churches (including synagogues and other worship centers), it would still leave individual Christians, Christian organizations, Christian schools, and non-profits subject to LGBT tyranny and the loss of religious liberty. Lawsuits would  follow and multiply on both sides.

A few years ago progressive LGBT activists started calling conservative Christians ‘bigots’ and ‘haters’ because of our prevailing Biblical stands on sexual morality and marriage. Now this bill represents a major attempt in Congress to codify that opinion and penalize Christians, businesses, organizations, schools and even churches who continue to stand by traditional Christian beliefs defined in the Bible.

Time to pray and take action.               *Top