The United States Senate made history today by passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which pro-homosexual lobbyists and radical groups have been trying to get passed in that chamber since 1994. This is a dangerous law that elevates the likes of “gender identity” to a protected class of citizenry – to the detriment of our religious liberties and the institution of marriage.
ENDA must end in the House of Representatives! We must help ensure that ENDA’s fate is sealed now. Please see my call to action below – Mat.
By a vote of 64-32, Harry Reid’s Democrat-controlled “progressive” Senate passed the intentionally misnamed Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). This is not a surprise since the upper chamber voted earlier this week to end cloture on the bill with 61 votes. With that vote, the advance of ENDA was all but assured.
ENDA is an anti-free speech, anti-freedom of religion, and anti-business bill masquerading as a “civil rights” issue. It is a direct attack on every American’s liberties, including those who are foolishly pushing for its passage.
ENDA potentially threatens employers with alleged “discrimination” lawsuits or criminal action based on subjective and unverifiable factors, such as “gender identity,” which includes transvestites, transsexuals, and those who “deem” themselves to be a specific, unverifiable gender. This is clearly an ambiguous and ill-defined law.
Current anti-discrimination laws are far less subjective in definition, citing verifiable traits like race, age, and biological sex.
The ENDA bill faces tough challenges in the House. This battle is far from being over with the Senate passage!
++The pressure on House leadership is mounting.
Speaker of the House John Boehner opposes ENDA. But he is facing extreme coercion from outside influences.
- President Obama is pressuring Democrats in the House to force Speaker Boehner’s hand.
- The homosexual lobby is taking their fight to the streets outside of Capitol Hill. As The Hill reports… “Gay rights activists have enlisted the support of dozens of Fortune 500 companies in their push to move anti-discrimination legislation through Congress.”
- The ACLU has issued a report to Congress outlining their support for ENDA and urges Congress to pass the bill.
++Liberty Counsel will not surrender this fight!
The implications of ENDA are both outrageous and shocking! Once again, it is abundantly clear that our religious freedoms are severely threatened.
While pro-homosexual activists rally their troops, we must also stand in defense of our religious liberties and on behalf of religious employers who may one day be required to hire someone whose lifestyle is in direct opposition to their own religious convictions.
I promise you, Liberty Counsel will NEVER stand by silently as the Obama administration and/or radical pro-homosexual groups attack the American family or our faith-based organizations!
Right now, our aggressive petition campaign calls for Congress to OPPOSE ENDA and stop this travesty from becoming the law of the land.
victoria, I need you to stand with us in opposing ENDA. Please, click here to sign the petition and join us in this important pro-religious liberty cause:
www.libertyaction.org/292/petition.asp
++ENDA takes one more step in assaulting traditional marriage…
As Janice Shaw Crouse, PH.D., wrote in the American Thinker…
“Again, opposition to ENDA – legislation that even its supporters claim is a steppingstone to ending traditional marriage – is not about approving discrimination or restricting anyone’s human rights or freedoms. Instead, it is in opposition to creating special classes of rights for a small minority and establishing public policies that undermine human rights and religious freedom of the vast majority. In the case of ENDA, opposition is also about the effect it would have in undermining the institution of marriage.”
Simply put, ENDA is one of the most dangerous pieces of anti-faith, anti-family legislation to ever come before Congress!
Please go here to sign the petition opposing ENDA and help us turn back this ultraliberal onslaught:
www.libertyaction.org/292/petition.asp
Thank you for standing with us in our efforts to prevent ENDA from becoming the law of the land!
Liberty Counsel cannot effectively protect our liberties from the legislative attacks of the liberal “progressives” without your committed support!
God bless you,
Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
P.S. If ENDA is somehow passed, workplaces all across America will be forced to comply with yet another set of cumbersome federal regulations. It will be an economic disaster of the first order!
Liberty Counsel is gearing up for this fight now and will aggressively oppose the passage of this pro-homosexual, anti-faith legislation upon its arrival at the House. But we need you to stand with us for maximum impact.
Please add your name to our powerful petition today: