On the recordFebruary 25, 2021
The so-called Equality Act is not about tolerance. It seeks to impose the will of this body on the American people in violation of the Constitution. It establishes a woke heresy code, seeking to eliminate distinctions between male and female at every level. It cancels women's and girls' sports, requiring that biological males compete for their records, championships, and scholarships. It nullifies the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Rather than preserve the constitutionally protected freedom to disagree, disguised as equality, it compels participation on your terms for abortions, weddings, and all of religious, vocational, and civic life. It pursues what Hillary Clinton said in 2016: You will just have to change your doctrine. Let me assure you, that will not happen. Colleagues, we must defend freedom and defeat this bill.
