Improving the Lives and Rights of LGBTQ People in America
A Road Map for the Biden Administration Getty/Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle
LGBTQ rights supporters gather during a candlelight vigil in West Reading, Pennsylvania, on September 14, 2020.
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Introduction and summary
The Trump administration spent the majority of its four years in office launching a barrage of attacks infringing on the rights of LGBTQ people, promoting discriminatory policies, and creating barriers to access critical government services. These actions reflect the Trump administration’s blatant disregard for the rights, dignity, and well-being of LGBTQ people, their families, and communities. In particular, the damages promulgated by the administration exacerbated existing inequalities and disparities between LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ people in the realms of health, employment, the justice system and law enforcement interactions, education, housing, and immigration. The real-world consequen
Trump wants to expand religious exemptions. Critics say the law doesn’t allow it. Joe Davidson
Replay Video UP NEXT Protests are mounting against far-reaching Trump administration policies that could foster discrimination in the name of religious liberty in a variety of federal programs. Rather than protecting religious freedom, opponents fear three sets of policies will inappropriately allow faith-based organizations liberty to discriminate. Faith organizations are allowed a certain level of religious bias not permitted elsewhere. Secular employers may not deny employment or services based on a person’s religion. But under the Supreme Court’s “ministerial exception” a Baptist church, for example, can’t be forced to hire a rabbi or an imam to preach Sunday sermons.
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On December 14, 2020, several departments of the United States government announced a Joint Final Rule Regarding Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations in Department of Labor-Supported Social Service Programs, which be found at 29 C.F.R. § 2.30,
et seq. The enactment of the Rule is the culmination of efforts to implement President Trump’s Executive Order 13831 on the Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative (May 3, 2018). The proposed Rule was published on January 17, 2020 and was held open for public comment until February 18, 2020. During the comment period, the nine involved agencies received over 95,000 public comments. The stated goal of the Rule is to “promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions, advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.”
Justice Department Announced Joint Final Rule Regarding Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations in Department-Supported Social Service Programs Details Written by IVN
Washington, DC - The Department of Justice announced a joint final rule with eight other Agencies - the Agency for International Development and the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and Veterans Affairs - to implement President Trump’s Executive Order No. 13831, on the Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative (May 3, 2018). This rule ensures that religious and non-religious organizations are treated equally in DOJ-supported programs, and it clarifies that religious organizations do not lose their legal protections and rights just because they participate in federal programs and activities.
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