Rally Recap: Thousands Tuned In for Unprecedented Event

 

This morning, thousands of you tuned in to Facebook and YouTube for
the #EqualityActExposed rally. Since the event first aired live,
it's garnered more than 32,000 impressions - and counting.

If you joined us live or afterward, thank you for joining to speak out
to Congress. Today we made a clear statement that Americans oppose the
dangerous Equality Act for a myriad of reasons.

If you haven't watched the video yet, we encourage you to check
it out here. And, don't forget to share with friends!

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We were honored to be joined by 12 other leading national and state
organizations, as well as U.S. Senator Mike Lee (UT), Congresswoman
Vicky Hartzler (MO-04),
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and Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08).

Throughout the rally, speakers shared many reasons they opposed the
Equality Act - ranging from its harm to children, to its
destruction of girls' sports, to the implications for medical
professionals. We even had the privilege of being joined by Natasha
Chart of the Women's Liberation Front - a self-styled
radical feminist group that opposes the Equality Act because, in their
words, it would "erase" women!
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Here were some of our favorite moments:

Craig DeRoche, President & CEO for Family Policy Alliance,
explained why a diverse collection of groups spanning the ideological
spectrum came together in a united front to oppose the so-called
Equality Act:

"The sponsors have to call the bill the Equality Act in order to
hide what's really lurking in it-a broken proposal that sets us
back decades when it comes to America's long and hard-fought march
toward equal justice for all. We may not agree on all of the issues,
but one thing we do agree on: the Equality Act is a deeply broken
proposal that amounts to a massive federal government power grab into
the most intimate parts of American life and family, intentionally
silencing all of us who disagree along the way. There is no other
option. Congress must reject it."

When we experienced technical difficulties at the start of the stream,
Joseph Backholm of Family Research Council
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stepped up to the plate and opened the rally with a great overview of
the Equality Act's many harms. Thank you, Joseph!

Senator Mike Lee (Utah), who has authored a great bill to protect
women's sports (S. 251),
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spoke about why we must defend girls' and women's sports:

"This is a bill that poses a very serious threat not just to
women everywhere, including your wives, your sisters, your daughters;
but it also poses a threat to religious and liberty loving people
everywhere-and to people who are concerned about the overreach
of government in general and the federal government in particular, and
what can happen when people in pursuit of what might be at heart a
laudable goal forget to stop and look at the adverse consequences they
could be creating."

Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Vice President of the Institute for Family,
Community, and Opportunity, The Heritage Foundation
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"We've spent years fighting to defend the unique
differences between men and women and now not only are those
differences being erased biologically, they will be eliminated
legally. We must cry out 'Nonsense. Nonsense!'"

Dr. Sharen Ford, Director for Foster Care and Adoption, Focus on the
Family
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shared an inspiring message about the importance of faith-based
adoption and foster care - and how the Equality Act would hurt
that.

Due to technical challenges, we were unable to stream these messages,
but we're thrilled we can share them with you now:

* Rep. Debbie Lesko (AZ-08)
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* State leader video compilation
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* Eva Andrade, President of Hawaii Family Forum (watch our social
channels for video coming soon!)

Many of the organizations participating in the rally, including Family
Policy Alliance, asked constituents and viewers to send a message to
their U.S. Representative to "Vote NO" on the Equality
Act. Together, these organizations are generating tens of thousands of
messages into congressional offices!

Here's a full list of participating organizations, including
links they provided to viewers during the rally.

 

* Family Policy Alliance
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* The Heritage Foundation

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* Family Research Council
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* Concerned Women for America
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* American Association of Prolife OB/GYN's
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* Women's Liberation Front (WoLF)

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* Save Women's Sports
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* Massachusetts Family Institute
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* March for Life
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* Hawaii Family Forum
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* Focus on the Family
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* Alliance Defending Freedom
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* Independent Women's Forum

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All participating organizations will continue their work to stop the
Equality Act.

What comes next? We expect that the Equality Act vote will take place
this afternoon (Thursday), and we will be sure to update you of the
outcome. If you haven't already, please send a message to your
member of Congress in our Action Alert now.

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It only takes a minute!

Thank you all again for showing up in force today. This is how we make
a difference.

Don't forget to contact your member of

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Congress and share the rally recording

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with friends!

Together in the fight,

Meridian Baldacci
Policy and Communications Strategist



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