This law would allow men to shower with women in a public locker room. Including schools.
From the law: “(2) (with respect to gender identity) an individual shall not be denied access to a shared facility, including a restroom, a locker room, and a dressing room, that is in accordance with the individual's gender identity.”
It also removed protections from the Freedom of Religion act. And the constitutional protections of religious organizations.
“The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (
42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.) shall not provide a claim concerning, or a defense to a claim under, a covered title, or provide a basis for challenging the application or enforcement of a covered title.”.
This act would force churches who ordain male only bishops or pastors to hire female ones as well, or homosexual, transgender ones.
It will compel speech. If you refuse or even make an error in calling someone the wrong pronoun, you could be in trouble.
Physicians could be compelled to perform surgeries they feel would be detrimental to transgenders. Or drug therapies.
Biological males would compete and defeat biological females in sports.
It interferes with parental rights. Children could seek gender treatments and surgery inspite of objections from parents. Parents wouldn't be able to decide the child isn't mentally ready for that.
The equality act is an attack on religion, parental rights, women and medical professionals, churches etc who don't subscribe to the new ideologies of human sexuality.