Think tank with ties to Trump says 'religious freedom' means no LGBT protections [View all]

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Source: LGBTQ Nation


By Jeff Taylor · Thursday, February 16, 2017

Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation played a key role in the Trump transition team and are out with a new report offering their far right perspective on religious freedom laws that should concern all LGBTQ rights advocates.

The argument between the far right and more moderate conservatives lies in whether creating religious exemptions to nondiscrimination law is sufficient or if offering any protections for LGBTQ people is a step too far. The Heritage Foundation takes the view that to provide protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity are unjustified.

Current proposals to create new LGBT protections with varying types of religious exemptions will not result in fairness for all. Instead, they will penalize many Americans who believe that we are created male and female and that male and female are created for each other, the report, titled [link:http://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/how-think-about-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-sogi-policies-andHow to Think About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Policies and Religious Freedom.]

The report goes on to claim that the burden is on their proponents to prove the need for such laws and that so far proponents have failed to carry their burden on all counts.


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