When Dr. James Dobson talks, most Christians listen.

Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family and the James Dobson Family Institute, issued a warning about the proposed “Equality Act.”

“Make no mistake – the so-called Equality Act is nothing but a thinly veiled attempt to finish off religious liberty in America once and for all, which ought to be plainly obvious based upon a cursory reading of the First Amendment,” Dobson wrote.

The proposal, H.R. 5 and S. 788, would provide special protections for the homosexual community throughout America. The bills would make sure that religious beliefs are not a defense in a dispute between homosexual “rights” and constitutionally protected religious rights.

“I wish I could say I was shocked to see the speed with which Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have brought to committee the sweet sounding but entirely treacherous Equality Act. This decision demonstrates a frightening willingness by those on the left to advance a radical social agenda at a time when our nation already faces so many other divisive challenges,” Dobson said.

This is legislation targeted at Christians who follow the teaching of the Bible and are opposed to “homosexual marriage.” It would spawn a parade of lawsuits against believers.

 “While no evangelical Christian would ever support hate or violence of any kind against an LGBT individual – or any other person for that matter – to modify the 1964 Civil Rights Act with this wrong-headed bill would not only be legally fraught, it would also put moral equivalence to the unprecedented, centuries-long struggle of countless millions of African Americans to gain freedom from slavery and the persistent, systematic oppression that followed,” Dobson said.

If it makes it out of Congress, the only hope is a presidential veto.