Equality Act Could Impose Left-Wing LGBT Curriculum on Whole Nation

Plus: Here's My Plan to Fix Student Debt Without Raiding Taxpayers

May 13, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where House Democrats plan a vote on the Equality Act, which opponents say would trample the rights of women and people of faith to please those focused on sexual orientation and gender identity. Fred Lucas reports that conservatives want the president to sound the alarm, while Jarrett Stepman foresees repercussions for schools. Victor Davis Hanson joins the podcast to talk Trump. Plus: Genevieve Wood on a real threat to religious freedom, Rep. Mark Green on a solution to student debt, and Lee Edwards on the real face of communism.     Commentary Equality Act Could Impose Left-Wing LGBT Curriculum on Whole Nation If Democrats' priority legislation becomes law, public schools could be forced to include discussions about transgenderism in math and history classes for elementary school students. More Commentary Here's My Plan to Fix Student Debt Without Raiding Taxpayers There's a way to reinvent the way we pay for college that is responsive to realistic earnings after graduation, thus tying tuition costs to demand in the job market, writes Rep. Mark Green. More News Conservatives Urge White House to Oppose Democrats' Equality Act "It's an attack on women. It's an attack on religious freedom. It's important that the White House let Congress know this is unacceptable," says the Family Research Council's Travis Weber. More Commentary Religious Freedom: What's at Stake If We Lose It Religious freedom prevents the cultural majority from using the power of the state to impose their beliefs on others. More Analysis Victor Davis Hanson Makes 'The Case for Trump' Victor Davis Hanson speaks to The Daily Signal about his new book, which examines how Donald Trump became "one of the most successful presidents in history—and why America needs him now more than ever." More Commentary What Bernie Sanders Missed on His Soviet Honeymoon Clearly, Sanders did not have the opportunity, as I did, to visit an official government "grocery" store empty of goods, save for dozens of unlabeled cans ignored by shoppers and a few withered, yellowish chickens that even a starving man would have rejected. More Commentary We Hear You: Jordan Peterson on What Motivates the Left "The two generations born after 1985 have never lived under communist threat, yet they are the two most anxious generations of our lifetime. They live in fear that Social Security and Medicare will be gone by the time they retire," writes Andre Stephenson. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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