During the RFRA battles in Arizona and Indiana, conservatives claimed RFRA would not legalize discrimination against LGBTQ people. Today, conservatives oppose language in the Equality Act clarifying that RFRA cannot be used to justify anti-LGBTQ discrimination. I am confused.
If RFRA does not legalize discrimination against LGBTQ people, then conservatives should not be bothered that the Equality Act forbids the use of RFRA to justify anti-LGBTQ discrimination. If RFRA does legalize discrimination against LGBTQ people, its proponents were lying.
Progressives opposed RFRA bills in Arizona and Indiana on the grounds that they would legalize anti-LGBTQ discrimination. Conservatives accused progressives of misrepresenting the bills. Now conservatives seem to have admitted that RFRA does, in fact, legalize discrimination.
In short: If you defended RFRA legislation in Indiana and Arizona by claiming it would not actually legalize anti-LGBTQ discrimination, but you now oppose the Equality Act’s prohibition on the use of RFRA to legalize anti-LGBTQ discrimination, you need to show your work.
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