From Equality Indexes to SOGI Laws, the LGBTQ Movement Marches On
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The latest edition of the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index was released last month, rating more than a thousand of the largest corporations in the U.S. for their "commitment to LGBTQ equality and inclusion."
In their press release, the HRC, which is the largest LGBTQ lobbying firm in the country and the self-appointed authority over corporate compliance to standards they created, excitedly announced that a record 686 of America's leading companies and law firms now rigorously protect LGBTQ people.
Nearly half the world's Fortune 500 companies earned a 100 rating—the highest possible—while more than half of the top 200 law firms in the United States received the same score.
It's ironic how often orthodox Christians are accused of being obsessed with sex these days. After all, what's more obsessive than investigating thousands of businesses to determine whether they're "kind" and "inclusive" only to those who engage in certain types of sexual behavior, and not to anyone else?
It would be one thing if HRC kept this obsession to themselves, but they've successfully weaponized the Equality Index as a formidable force of their obsession. Corporations clamor to get a good score. They wear this new "good housekeeping seal of approval" proudly and loudly, joining marches and decorating their offices and social media feeds.
And, becoming "HRC approved" is no small task. The Index not only measures whether or not businesses "support an inclusive culture…," but also whether or not a business has sufficiently demonstrated "a public commitment to LGBTQ equality."
In other words, companies must publicly advocate for LGBTQ equality to a degree acceptable to HRC ideologues. Companies know that failing to meet the ever-higher standards of inclusion and advocacy are put on another list: the acceptable targets of scorn and bullying list.
Such tactics work, as is evidenced by an entire sector of American culture bowing to self-appointed experts. The larger social pressure to conform that we all feel as individuals now applies to businesses small and large, such as Chick-fil-A's corporate decision to not only drop support for certain Christian charities who were noticeably on the wrong side of the HRC, but also to publicly announce that decision. |
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A Presidents' Day Prayer for President Trump |
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Crosswalk.com Editorial Staff |
On this Presidents' Day, as we think about presidents past and present, we remember our current president and offer him our prayers for spiritual growth, leadership, and protection.
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