Redefining religious freedom as religious privilege - Religion News ServiceReligion News Service

The First Amendment Defense Act. It’s a name that Big Brother would be proud of, seemingly plucked from the bowels of the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s “1984.”....

https://religionnews.com/2018/04/23/redefining-religious-freedom-as-religious-privilege/

ACTION ALERT: Stop Congress From Issuing a License to Discriminate

Today we were alerted that Representative Raúl Labrador (R-ID) intends to reintroduce the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) in the House of Representatives. The bill would allow individuals, many businesses, and nonprofit organizations to discriminate on the basis of their "sincerely held religious beliefs."...

https://mailchi.mp/secular/action-alert-stop-congress-from-issuing-a-license-to-discriminate

Time to revisit the GOP's latest 'religious freedom' law targeting women and LGBTQ Americans

The First Amendment Defense Act has been hanging around for a while but it's time to give it another look since it will almost surely make it on to next year's congressional agenda. It’s written to be used broadly by people to discriminate against women and LGBTQ people based on both their sexual orientation and sexual conduct.

Jay Michaelson writes: If it becomes law, FADA will be the worst thing to happen to women and LGBT people in a generation....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1601491

The GOP’s Anti-LGBT, Anti-Women ‘Religious Freedom’ Law on Steroids - The Daily Beast

The First Amendment Defense Act would allow hospitals, governments, universities, and businesses to ignore same-sex marriage, deny women health care, and fire gay people....
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/16/the-gop-s-anti-lgbt-anti-women-religious-freedom-law-on-steroids.html