Ok, regardless, those who do not perform abortions are not going to be forced to do the procedure.
My understanding is that the terms of Equality Act still apply to religious organisations, however a few exceptions are made so it is possible for them to practise in accordance with their beliefs. For example, when appointing bishops, priests, nuns, monks, etc, a church is allowed to give preference to someone who shares the same faith, however I do not believe they are allowed to discriminate against anyone where their belief (or lack of belief) is not essential to the role. The law also allows religious organisations to opt out of performing certain ceremonies (eg. same sex weddings) although some churches have opted to hold such ceremonies.
Interesting. Sounds like a real engagement of government into religion.
My personal view is that the Equality Act is both balanced and fair. It provides protection for all citizens on the grounds of characteristics such as race, gender, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity and religion. There are provisions in the Act to ensure that it is applied in a way that is reasonable and proportionate to the circumstances.
and no where in the legislation is any language that would change anything regarding abortions
The first sentence in the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Yep and we see plenty of people trying to rile up emotions by threatening things that won’t happen.
Yep. I imagine hat's what happens when there needs to be an argument against equal protection of the "wrong" type of minorities but no good ones against the actual bill can be found.
How in the world can a law change what a religious person believes? That doesn't sound like something that's possible in theory, much less what this act proposes.
And yet we have laws against human sacrifice, even during religious exercises. We also have government-paid religious figures.
We have laws against murder, nothing in the view of progressives is an absolute
Trying to change the subject will not change the facts.
and the fact is that there is nothing in the legislation to support the fear mongering claims being made against it.
