A law to protect individuals and businesses that object to gay marriage will be reintroduced in the next Congress, according to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Cruz and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, hope that a new climate in Washington will increase the chances of success for the measure, which has languished on Capitol Hill since 2015.
“The prospects for protecting religious freedom are brighter now than they have been in a long time,” Cruz said recently.
“We are having ongoing conversations with our colleagues both in Congress and leaders in the new administration about a multitude of ways we can honor the commitment made to the voters in this last election,” the senator said.
The First Amendment Defense Act would ban the federal government from punishing individuals and corporations if they act on a “religious belief or moral conviction” that marriage is between a man and a woman.
The bill introduced in 2015 had 172 House co-sponsors and 37 in the Senate.
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Cruz Plans To Reintroduce Religious Freedom Bill In 2017 https://t.co/TdQTb5A7V7 AMEN!! pic.twitter.com/5lDj2xZhMn
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