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Mitch McConnell Vows to Strike Down Equality Act

Phaylen Fairchild
4 min readMay 19, 2019

People around the country are celebrating a bill that will be dead on arrival.

When the Equality Bill passed in the House of Representatives, liberal media lit up, posting rainbow flag, photos of people cheering and reveling in the fact that, like almost every other civilized country, the USA would follow suit by introducing our very own Equality Act which would prevent LGBTQ+ people from discrimination. It would make it illegal to fire someone, deny them housing, access to education, public accommodations, federal funding or credit/loans or adoption options based on their sexual orientation or gender status. It would protect LGBTQ+ Americans from being unjustly targeted in any industry or from any service based solely on their identity. The UK has had an Equality act since 2010, suffice it to say, America is a little behind.

But, as the media rejoiced upon the passage of the bill through the House of Representatives, which is majority Democrat, it seems they forgot that every bill they pass must, consequentially, be ratified by Senate… a Republican majority, deeply conservative Senate.

Senate Majority leader, Mitch McConnell recently dubbed himself the “Grim Reaper” post mid-term elections, after Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in 2018. Explaining further, he vowed to obstruct any bill…

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Phaylen Fairchild
Phaylen Fairchild

Written by Phaylen Fairchild

Actor, Filmmaker, LGBTQ+ & Women’s Rights Activist All work copyright phaylens@gmail.com

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