The Christian conservative Family
Research Council (FRC) on Thursday sent an email asking its members
to pray against passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
(ENDA).
ENDA, which was first proposed in 1994,
seeks workplace protections based on sexual orientation and gender
identity. The measure cleared a Senate committee with the help of
three Republicans in July and a full floor vote is expected on
Monday.
(Related: Senate
vote on gay protections bill ENDA set for Monday.)
In its email, FRC claimed that ENDA
will require employers and employees to “give special treatment to
LGBT employees.”
“This law would mandate the
employment of homosexual, bisexual and 'transgendered' individuals in
inappropriate occupations, disregarding the fact that sexual conduct
may be relevant to employment. ENDA would open America's businesses
to a host of lawsuits and, I predict, more anti-Christian bias in
business, just as is now happening in the military,” the
group wrote.
The group's prayer: “May ENDA, first
introduced in 1996, be decisively defeated. May deceptive and
inadequate religious liberty amendments not distract Congressmen from
taking a principled stand on the issue. May God intervene to prevent
furtherance of this law, which would plant homosexuality even more
deeply into the fabric of our society. Bring millions who need
Christ into His kingdom, including those involved in sexual sins,
both homosexual and heterosexual.”