Religious Freedom on the Chopping Block! Call Your Legislators Today!
-- New Version of the ERA Seeks to Remove "Creed"
Breaking News! New ERA version Removes Creed!”
Bill # HF 137 will be heard in a House Hearing this coming Monday at 9 a.m.!
URGENT!! — Please take time right now (Friday!) to CALL / EMAIL your State Representative and State Senator!
Tell them that you oppose the new language of the ERA which adds “pregnancy,” omits “creed” and is devoid of any protections for religious liberty!
On Monday morning at 9 a.m., there will be a hearing on HF 137, which is the House version of the Senate bill (SF 37) that passed in 2023. The main differences is the addition of “pregnancy” and the removal of “creed.” This is an attempt to add in abortion rights into the Constitution of Minnesota, while removing “creed” — which is the ONLY word left protecting our first amendment religious liberty.
Once again, our religious liberties and First Amendment rights are literally on the chopping block in Minnesota!
When they gained power in 2023, the Democrat Trifecta’s first action was to legalize the dismemberment and butchery of children in the womb right up until the moment of birth. They carved out life-preserving care for newborns. They legalized the butchering of children’s healthy sexual body parts, and they are seeking to legalize the cutting short of our elderly’s lives with physician assisted suicide.
Through it all, they have also been steadily and intentionally carving out religious freedom in Minnesota.
First, they intentionally removed the religious exemption in the Minnesota Human Rights Act and have intentionally thwarted all efforts to reinstate it. Now they are literally cutting out religious freedom, or “creed,” in the newly proposed version of the Equal Rights Amendment — which they want to propose to voters on the 2026 ballot.
The ERA is supposed to protect us from discrimination; however it fails to protect us from THE most injurious form of discrimination, which is discrimination against our conscientiously held religious beliefs.
Take action RIGHT NOW to look up “Who Represents Me?” and call and/or email your State Senator and State Representative. Tell them:
Oppose the House version of the ERA because it completely omits creed or religion and because we do not want abortion rights enshrined in our State Constitution.
Urge them to reinstate language protecting Religious Liberty in both the ERA and the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
Go beyond making a call and show up in person! Wear red, arrive early (8 a.m. for the 9 a.m. hearing) and attend the hearing on Monday morning in the State Office building basement hearing room.
Also — attend the Stop the ERA Rally in the Rotunda of the Capitol on Wednesday, May 8th at 3 p.m.! Organized by the Minnesota Family Council!
Spread the WORD of this call to action and PRAY!
We must take action to defend our religious freedom while we still have it!!!
P.S. — Follow up: Today we had a very successful rally calling for Senator Mitchell’s resignation. Our messages were heard throughout the Capitol, even through the Senate doors. Mitchell’s situation will be addressed by the Senate Ethics Committee next Tuesday 4/7 at 1 p.m. in the Senate building. Consider attending to add pressure for the Senate to remove her ability to vote and pass through all of this damaging legislation!