ENDA the Road for Religious Liberty

This week’s radio commentary…

Imagine the following: You send your kids to a Christian camp every summer.  It’s the highlight of their summer, and you appreciate what they’re learning there.  This year, instead of the annual invite to attend camp, you receive a notice from the camp indicating that a recent lawsuit drained their resources and they’re closing down.

Your children are devastated, but you dig a little deeper and find out the lawsuit was an employment discrimination case, brought by the federal government against your favorite Christian camp because they refused to hire an open homosexual who rejects Christian teaching on sexuality and marriage.   You ask, and rightly so, “What happened to religious liberty? This is the United States, right?”

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ENDA, what it means for businesses

Family Research Council’s Peter Sprigg wrote a very compelling article for the Washington Times on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill that will most likely come up for a vote soon in Congress.

Read the article here…

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Contact your legislators:

Senator Herb Kohl (cosponsor on Senate bill): 202-224-5653

Senator Russ Feingold (up for re-election this November. Cosponsor on Senate bill): 202-224-5323

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Rep. Paul Ryan (in favor of ENDA w/religious exemption and w/o transgender protection): 888-909-7926

Rep. Tammy Baldwin (cosponsor on House bill): 202-225-2906

Rep. Ron Kind (cosponsor on House bill): 888-442-9040

Rep. Gwen Moore (cosponsor on House bill): 202-225-4572

Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner: 800-242-1119

Rep. Tom Petri: 202-225-2476

Rep. Dave Obey: 202-225-3365

Rep. Steve Kagen: 202-225-5665