Trump admin. has unveiled a proposed rule that would greatly expand the religious exemption that allows entities to ignore anti-discrimination laws. - NBCOUT
“This proposal is part and parcel of an ongoing and coordinated attack by this Administration on LGBTQ people aimed at rolling back our rights under the false guise of religion. It's really nothing more than a permission slip to discriminate,” said Zeke Stokes, Chief Programs Officer for GLAAD, the LGBTQ advocacy group.
“Given the conservative religious affiliations of many large institutional employers that seek federal contracts, we know the most vulnerable workers will be LGBTQ people, as well as Muslims, Jews and other religious minorities,” said Jennifer C. Pizer, Lambda Legal’s director of law and policy. “For more than half a century, the federal purse has been a transformative driver of equal workplace opportunity in this country.
The ACLU noted in a statement that “Nearly one-quarter of the employees in the U.S. work for an employer that has a contract with the federal government.”it is intended to “clarify the scope and applications of the religious exemption contained in section 204 of Executive Order 11246,” which banned federal contractors from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex, or national origin” when it was signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965.
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