- Democrats will hash outtheir party's platforms

as the conventionprogresses, and that includes

where it stands on LGBTQ issues.

For many people of faith,there is significant concern

the platform will crush religious freedom

and undermine the authority of parents.

Heather Sells has more.

- [Heather] Biden has a deepCatholic faith and history

that he regularly toutsto potential voters.

But if elected, his administrationcould easily silence

and marginalize people of faith.

Just last year, he madeclear that the Equality Act

would be his top priority as president.

- But I promise you, ifI'm elected president,

it'll be the first thing I ask to be done.

- [Heather] The Equality Actwould add sexual orientation

and gender identity tofederal civil rights laws,

with no exceptions for people of faith.

- It treats the people who believe

that marriage is between a man and a woman

and that we're created male and female,

it treats our beliefs as theequivalent of racist bigotry.

- [Heather] Other elements of the bill

include forcing female athletes

to compete with menthat identify as women,

requiring faith-based adoption agencies

to choose between placingchildren with gay couples

or closing down.

It also adds the wordsperception and belief

to the 1964 Civil Rights Act,

which Senator James Lankford says

could spell even more trouble.

- If I go to interview ina job and I'm not hired,

I can sue that employer because I perceive

they were thinking I was gayand so they didn't hire me.

- [Heather] Analysts likethe Family Research Council's

David Closson say Biden'sLGBTQ-friendly policies

would affect school childrenand their safety in bathrooms.

- Biden has said that within his first,

on his first day in office,

he would reinstate Obama-eraguidance for schools

that would allow those whoidentify as transgender

to have access to thelocker rooms, bathrooms,

and changing facilities of their choice.

- [Heather] Biden callstransgender equality

the civil rights issue of our time.

His foundation launched

a family acceptance campaign in 2018.

- We'll use our resourcesto highlight the harms

of family rejection.

- [Heather] But with new reporting

on concerns about social contagion

and evidence that some kids might adopt

transgender identities to fit in,

Biden's push to force family acceptance

could strip parents of their ability

to care for theirchildren and protect them

from harmful medical treatments.

Heather Sells, CBN.