Sources: Trump executive order allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination is coming soon
Source: lgbtqnation.com
By Jeff Taylor ·
Monday, January 30, 2017
An executive order from President Donald Trump opening up discrimination against the LGBTQ community on the basis of religious belief is expected sometime this week, possibly as soon as today.
Several sources spoke with LGBTQ Nation on the condition of anonymity who have told us that the order will allow for discrimination in a number of areas, including employment, social services, business, and adoption.
From what we’ve heard, the executive order could be far-reaching, and could include: making taxpayer funds available for discrimination against LGBTQ people in social services; allow federally funded adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ parents; eliminate non-discrimination protections in order to make it possible to fire federal employers and contractors based on their sexual orientation or gender identity; and allow federal employees to refuse to serve people based on the belief that marriage should be between a man and a woman, and that gender is an immutable characteristic set at birth, which would impact a broad range of federal benefits.
The order is expected to come in the packaging of so-called “religious freedom,” which argues that someone’s religious beliefs should be enough to prevent them from having to provide goods and services to members of the LGBTQ community if doing so would conflict with said beliefs.
Vice President Mike Pence gained widespread notoriety for his Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed during his time as the governor of Indiana. He later backpedaled and signed an executive order removing language allowing for discrimination against the LGBTQ individuals...........................
Read more: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/01/sources-report-trump-executive-order-lgbtq-community-coming-soon/
Damn--this crap is getting worse as days go by!
Good summary here:
http://americablog.com/2017/01/trump-reportedly-verge-signing-anti-lgbt-executive-order.html
Trump reportedly on verge of signing anti-LGBT executive order
1/30/17 3:39pm by John Aravosis
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The new anti-LGBT executive order is expected to be wrapped in the fake language of “religious liberty,” a typical ploy the religious right and other homophobes use to bash LGBT people. Among the possible provisions in the new executive order:
– Letting organizations use federal dollars to discriminate in the provision of social services;
– Letting federally-funded adoption agencies discrimination against LGBT people; and
– Permit federal employees to discriminate against LGBT people based on their opposition to marriage quality and gender identity.....................
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