I read deeper into the article than I care to admit because I wanted to find the date of original introduction.

The Equality Act was introduced in 1974, only 10 years after the civil rights act, which it sought to amend.

In the 8 legislative sessions where democrats have held a trifecta since the act’s introduction, they have not attempted to pass it (instead, favoring stripped down versions that often have many LGBT+ protections removed if a bill has been introduced at all). Every time it has lost the vote or died in committee. And now here we are, less than a week after Trump has moved to nuke the way that the CRA is enforced. So… if both succeed we are actually further from the goal.

Great. Good politics. Not ineffective virtue signaling while being passenger princesses on this ride to fascism at all.