AG directive protects religious objectors to LGBT rights
By RACHEL ZOLL, ERIC TUCKER and SADIE GURMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an order that undercuts protections for LGBT people, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a sweeping directive to agencies Friday to do as much as possible to accommodate those who say their religious freedoms are being violated.
The guidance, an attempt to deliver on President Donald Trump’s
pledge to his evangelical and other religious supporters, effectively
lifts a burden from religious objectors to prove that their beliefs
about marriage or other topics are sincerely held. link
and so on...
Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin hailed the rules as “a landmark day for religious liberty.” ...Representative Diane Black, Republican of Tennessee,
said the new rules on contraception were “a resounding victory for
true-believing Americans.” link
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