{"id":4111,"date":"2021-02-23T20:04:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T01:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/u-s-bishop-chairmen-say-equality-act-would-discriminate-against-people-of-faith-and-threaten-unborn-life\/"},"modified":"2021-02-23T20:04:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T01:04:23","slug":"u-s-bishop-chairmen-say-equality-act-would-discriminate-against-people-of-faith-and-threaten-unborn-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/u-s-bishop-chairmen-say-equality-act-would-discriminate-against-people-of-faith-and-threaten-unborn-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Los obispos estadounidenses afirman que la Ley de Igualdad discriminar\u00eda a las personas creyentes y amenazar\u00eda la vida de los no nacidos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong>\u00a0United States Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/a><\/p>\n

Five committee chairmen of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) wrote a letter to members of Congress opposing the recent reintroduction of the Equality Act (H.R. 5), which is scheduled to be voted on by the U.S. House of Representatives this week. The bishops warned of the threats posed by the proposed legislation to both people of faith and of no faith, with respect to mandates impacting charities and their beneficiaries in need, health care and other conscience rights, taxpayer funding of abortion, freedom of speech, women\u2019s sports and sex-specific facilities, and more. Their letter explained:<\/p>\n

\u201c[E]very person is made in the image of God and should be treated accordingly, with respect and compassion. This commitment is reflected in the Church\u2019s charitable service to all people, without regard to race, religion, or any other characteristic. It means we need to honor every person\u2019s right to gainful employment free of unjust discrimination or harassment, and to the basic goods that they need to live and thrive. It also means that people of differing beliefs should be respected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the bishop chairmen asserted, \u201cThe [Equality Act] represents the imposition by Congress of novel and divisive viewpoints regarding \u2018gender\u2019 on individuals and organizations. This includes dismissing sexual difference and falsely presenting \u2018gender\u2019 as only a social construct. As Pope Francis has reflected, however, \u2018\u201cbiological sex and the socio-cultural role of sex (gender) can be distinguished but not separated.\u201d \u2026 It is one thing to be understanding of human weakness and the complexities of life, and another to accept ideologies that attempt to sunder what are inseparable aspects of reality.\u2019 Tragically, this Act can also be construed to include an abortion mandate, a violation of precious rights to life and conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than affirm human dignity in ways that meaningfully exceed existing practical protections, the Equality Act would discriminate against people of faith,\u201d they concluded.<\/p>\n

The letter was jointly signed by Bishop Michael C. Barber, S.J., of Oakland, chairman of the Committee on Catholic Education; Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development; Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman of the Committee for Religious Liberty; Bishop David A. Konderla of Tulsa, chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage; and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities.<\/p>\n

The letter is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More information and resources related to the USCCB\u2019s stance on the Equality Act may be found at usccb.org\/equality-act<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los obispos advirtieron sobre las amenazas que plantea la legislaci\u00f3n propuesta tanto para las personas creyentes como para las no creyentes, en lo que respecta a las disposiciones que afectan a las organizaciones ben\u00e9ficas y a sus beneficiarios necesitados, la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y otros derechos de conciencia, la financiaci\u00f3n del aborto con dinero de los contribuyentes, la libertad de expresi\u00f3n, los deportes femeninos y las instalaciones espec\u00edficas para cada sexo, entre otras cosas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-4111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-citizen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}