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Episode: The Equality Act is Voted On by Congress Tomorrow: What You Need to Know
Description: The Equality Act comes up in the House tomorrow. It will, if passed, amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act to ban anti-LGBT discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, jury service, education, federal programs and credit.
It takes extra steps previous acts have not:Â In addition to transgender inclusion, the bill seeks to update federal law to include sex in the list of protected classes in public accommodation and expands the definition of public accommodations to include retail stores, banks, transportation services and health care services. Further, the Equality Act would establish that the Religious Freedom Rest...