rights for gays and lesbians. In July 2011, he recorded a video supporting LGBT youth in Massachusetts in conjunction with other members of Massachusetts's congressional delegation and the It Gets Better Project. During his 2010 House campaign, Keating promised to increase federal firearm regulations. His proposed changes included closing a loophole that allows people on the FBI Terrorist Watch List to buy guns and requiring child safety trigger locks on all guns. He voted against a bill to require any state offering right-to-carry permits to recognize such permits issued in other states. Legislation Keating and Representative Aaron Schock jointly introduced the Equitable Access to Care and Health Act (H.R. 1814; 113th Congress) on April 29, 2013. The bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code with respect to minimum essential health care coverage requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to allow an additional religious exemption from such requirements for people whose sincerely held religious beliefs would cause them to object to medical health care provided under such coverage. Individuals could file an affidavit to get this exemption, but would lose the exemption if they went on to later use healthcare. Schock and Keating wrote a letter in support of their bill, saying, "we believe the EACH Act balances a respect for religious diversity against the need to prevent fraud and abuse." Committee assignments Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Intelligence Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and Environment (Chair) Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism Caucus memberships New Democrat Coalition Personal life Keating and his wife, Tevis, live in Bourne, Massachusetts. They have two adult children. He is Roman Catholic. References External links Congressman Bill Keating official U.S. House website Bill Keating for Congress |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1952 births 21st-century American politicians American Roman Catholics American prosecutors Boston College alumni Catholics from Massachusetts Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts District attorneys in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Living people Massachusetts lawyers Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives People from Bourne, Massachusetts People from Norwood, Massachusetts Suffolk University Law School alumni