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Does Obama's latest executive Order endanger religious freedom?
Posted on 7/21/14 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 7/21/14 at 5:42 pm
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President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Despite calls from religious leaders, faith-based groups will not be exempt.
"Thanks to your passion and advocacy and the irrefutable rightness of your cause, our government -- a government of the people, by the people and for the people -- will become just a little bit fairer," Obama said.
Gay federal workers are already protected from workplace discrimination by a Clinton-era order and Obama's action extended the protections to shield workers from gender identity-based discrimination.
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President Obama, resisting calls from several prominent faith leaders, will not include a new exemption for religiously affiliated government contractors when he issues an executive order Monday barring discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, the White House said Friday.
Obama announced last month that he would sign such an order after concluding that Congress was not going to act on a broader measure prohibiting discrimination based on sexual discrimination or gender identity by companies.
White House officials said Friday that the new executive order would not include such an exception. But Obama will preserve an exemption put in place by former president George W. Bush that allows religiously affiliated contractors to favor employees of a certain religion in making hiring decisions.
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the link bellow is a fox news opinion article, I know it is very bias to the right but it is one one side of the issue.
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I want to find an opinion article explaining the other side of the issue but so far in my searches I have come up empty, probably to early, and the left will focus on the victory for LGBT groups and not how it effects religious liberty.
so thoughts?
This post was edited on 7/21/14 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 7/21/14 at 5:43 pm to catholictigerfan
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when he issues an executive order Monday barring discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, the White House said Friday.
i presume this applies to government contracts?
if so, the answer to this question
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Does Obama's latest executive Order endanger religious freedom?
is no
Posted on 7/21/14 at 5:44 pm to catholictigerfan
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President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
So he is saying that a company cannot be a federal contractor if they discriminate on those two grounds? I don't see the issue.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 5:49 pm to catholictigerfan
His whole presidency endangers freedom.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:03 pm to catholictigerfan
I figured you would start a thread about this.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:04 pm to catholictigerfan
No
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:04 pm to catholictigerfan
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President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
I'm not even sure what sexual orientation has to do with religion. Or contracting with the federal government, for that matter.
If you want to use your religion as an excuse to hate gay people that's your freedom but we don't have to give you taxpayer dollars for it.
This post was edited on 7/21/14 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:14 pm to catholictigerfan
I wonder if Obama would hire a tranny as his press secretary.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:08 pm to catholictigerfan
I'm really pissed off that the government is using my money in this manner.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:13 pm to catholictigerfan
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Does Obama's latest executive Order endanger religious freedom?
No. Don't be ridiculous.
Any other questions?
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