The ill-named Equality Act is making its way back through Congress this year. The act, which is being painted as a pro-LGBT law, is coming across to many people of faith as an anti-religious freedom law.

As Christian Headlines previously reported the act is seeking to make “gender identity” a covered category under the Civil Rights Act thereby overriding the protections based on biological sex. The act also moves to repeal the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, make abortion a federally protected civil right, would require the funding of abortion through Medicaid, Medicare and other sources, would encroach on parental rights to their children’s healthcare and so much more.

Here are 4 things Christians should know about the Equality Act:

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Taiwan has approved same-sex marriage, becoming the first in Asia.

On Wednesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a near-total abortion ban into law, effectively making it one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation.

A California University board has voted to get rid of their on-campus Chick-fil-A outlet because they believe that the restaurant's charity foundation “violates their values.”

A former pastor was sentenced to 12 years in prison for repeatedly raping his adopted teenage daughter.

A British judge is supporting the parents of a 4-year-old who believe their child is transgender and who want to dress him in a girl’s uniform for school.

The Texas Senate appears to be fast-tracking a religious liberty bill that Democrats in the Texas House killed last week with a procedural maneuver. House Bill 3172 appeared to be on its way to passage until Democratic Representative Julie Johnson raised a point of order that ultimately removed the bill from the calendar without debate or a vote.

An Oregon couple is suing their school district after discovering that their son’s teacher was repeatedly asking him if he was transgender.

An Australian school renamed a Mother’s Day fundraiser this year and plans to do the same with a Father’s Day event because, the principal says, the world has changed.

Another church in Burkina Faso, West Africa was targeted by terrorists this Sunday leaving six dead.