[Source.](https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/07/challenging_the_equality_act.html) > It’s back! The LGBTQ “Equality Act” (H.R. 15). This dangerous bill was reintroduced in Congress on June 21, 2023. > H.R. 15 would amend the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, embedding the LGBTQ+ lexicon into the nation’s civil rights law. > The leftist media portray the bill as protection for oppressed “sexual minorities.” But it’s actually an attack on the rights of the majority. It would criminalize anyone who refuses to go along with LGBTQ “rights” in the workplace, public accommodations, healthcare facilities, schools, and colleges. Even churches would be affected. > The Equality Act would wipe away recent pro-family victories around the country. Some examples: States that have banned medical treatments for supposed “trans” children would be forced to allow those practices. State bans on boys’ participation on girls’ sports teams would be overturned. Challenges to pornographic LGBTQ books in school and local libraries would be considered illegal discrimination. Elective therapy for sexual issues (mislabeled “conversion therapy”) would be banned. > Freedom of religion is threatened: “The bill erases the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) protections, meaning churches, schools, shelters, day care centers, adoption agencies -- EVERYONE -- will be forced to comply with the LGBTQ agenda,” writes Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver. > Hate speech laws would soon follow.