https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/politicians-dont-get-to-use-science-to-oppose-the-equality-act/

Last month the Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on the Equality Act, a bill that would extend civil rights protection to LGBTQ people throughout the U.S. It is supported by 70 percent of Americans and recently passed the House of Representatives.

But some politicians are hell-bent on making sure it doesn’t pass. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina recently noted he will use the filibuster to make sure federal protections aren’t extended to LGBTQ people. “I would talk until I fell over,” he said.