Republicans in Congress push for religious liberty executive order

[rug]

Eliza Collins , USA TODAY
Published 4:39 p.m. ET April 24, 2017 | Updated 10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — Dozens of Republican lawmakers are asking President Trump to scale back Obama-era protections for gays and lesbians in order to make good on a campaign promise to protect religious liberty.

In early February, Trump was reportedly considering an executive order that would reverse former president Barack Obama's orders prohibiting discrimination against gays and lesbians in the federal workforce or by federal contractors. But the order was never signed.

A group of 51 members of the House wrote to Trump this month to "request that you sign the draft executive order on religious liberty, as reported by numerous outlets on February 2, 2017, in order to protect millions of Americans whose religious freedom has been attacked or threatened over the last eight years." The letter has not been publicly released but was obtained by USA TODAY.

In February, the White House said Trump had no plans to sign such an order: "The executive order signed in 2014, which protects employees from anti-LGBTQ workplace discrimination while working for federal contractors, will remain intact at the direction of President Donald J. Trump.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/24/republicans-congress-push-religious-liberty-executive-order/100842590/

https://www.scribd.com/document/346168978/Letter-to-President-Trump-on-Religious-Liberty

[mac56]

1. Taxpayer funded discrimination.

[freddyvh]

2. umm

who didn't see this one coming?

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Oh HELL NO. eom

[gtar100]

4. What idiots! "Religious liberty" is what Democrats do.

Denying basic human rights to people who are not harming anyone is not "religious liberty". In my experience, liberals and the Democratic party actually welcome individuals to make their own choices about religion. *That* is religious liberty.

So once again republicans have to couch their ideas in progressive and liberal packaging because the truth only makes them sound like the hateful, spiteful people that they are.

[Fix The Stupid]

5. This is what the believers wanted and voted for.

Democracy in action.

Hope you're all happy for electing this idiot.

[rug]

7. That's bullshit and you know it.

There are millions of "believers" who voted against him.

Fix it. It's stupid.

[Fix The Stupid]

8. More believers voted for him. That's why he's your prez.

Shouldn't catholics be happy about religious liberty?

[AtheistCrusader]

6. I'm surprised he hasn't already done so.

I take it a as a signal that he won't, that he didn't do it in his first 100 days.