Religion increasingly operates in public debates on gender equality, where religious actors challenge the concept of gender as a social construct by framing it as "gender ideology," a concern central to their opposition to the ratification of the Istanbul Convention. This paper presents the main findings of discourse analysis of religious voices in Lithuanian news media coverage of the Istanbul Convention from 2011 to 2025. The analysis demonstrates that religious actors have become prominent participants in media discourse, articulating arguments against the ratification of the Convention and reinforcing the positions of conservative political actors. Through media discourse, religious representatives and religiously oriented politicians position themselves as influential actors shaping public understandings of gender, family and law.