{"id":23197,"date":"2019-03-17T09:53:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T09:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=23197"},"modified":"2019-03-17T09:58:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T09:58:47","slug":"evangelicals-came-out-in-favor-of-the-equality-act-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/03\/evangelicals-came-out-in-favor-of-the-equality-act-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangelicals came out in favor of the Equality Act this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Christians.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Christians.jpg 636w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Christians-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption>Image via PBS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a record 201 members of U.S. Congress co-sponsor legislation to ban anti-LGBTQ discrimination across the country, polls show that a majority of white evangelical protestants are in favor of fully inclusive civil rights laws. According to the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), 54 percent of evangelicals&nbsp;say they are in favor of protections&nbsp;on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation in housing and employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even before the bill\u2019s reintroduction, a pair of evangelical groups&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/world.wng.org\/2018\/12\/boards_back_sogi_compromise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"announced their support for inclusive nondiscrimination laws (opens in a new tab)\">announced their support for inclusive nondiscrimination laws<\/a>&nbsp;at the federal level: the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and National Association of Evangelicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PRRI (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prri.org\/research\/americans-support-protections-lgbt-people\/\" target=\"_blank\">PRRI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, every single religious group in the U.S. is in favor of LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination laws. 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