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As Equality Act hearing begins, faith leaders meet with Sen. Coons to voice support
Wednesday’s hearing is the furthest the legislation, versions of which have been floating around Capitol Hill since the 1970s, has gotten in the legislative process. Rabbi Jack Moline, center, president of Interfaith Alliance, hands Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., left, a group of petitions from faith leaders in support of the Equality Act, March 16, 2021, in Washington’s Union Station. RNS photo by Jack Jenkins
March 17, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of clergy and activists met with Sen. Chris Coons at Union Station, the ornate train terminal in view of the U.S. Capitol, on Tuesday (March 16) to show support for the sweeping LGBTQ rights bill known as the Equality Act, ahead of Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the bill.
Civil rights, women s rights groups back Equality Act ahead of Senate hearing metroweekly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from metroweekly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet on Tuesday with Jubilee USA Network, a non-profit group that advocates for debt relief for developing countries, and senior religious leaders from large U.S. Christian and Jewish faith groups.
by Rich Copley | Presbyterian News Service
Ruling Elder Vilmarie CintroÌn-Olivieri, co-moderator of the 223rd General Assembly (2018), preaches during Tuesday worship for the 65th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. (Screenshot)
LEXINGTON, Kentucky â On International Womenâs Day, Vilmarie CintroÌn-Olivieri noticed her social media feeds were loaded with memes in celebration, but one stood out:
âOn this day, we donât need flowers. We need justice and equity.â
âI should have taken a screenshot,â CintroÌn-Olivieri, co-moderator of the 223
rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), said Tuesday morning to participants in the 65
th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She was preaching at the daily worship service Ecumenical Women at the UN usually holds in the chapel of the Church Center for the United Nations during the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).