TradCatKnight: Trump Administration to Keep Intact Obama Order on Homosexual, Transgender Protections

“By the authority vested in me as president by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, … and in order to provide for a uniform policy for the federal government to prohibit discrimination and take further steps to promote economy and efficiency in federal government procurement by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, it is hereby ordered as follows: The first sentence of section 1 of Executive Order 11478 of August 8, 1969, as amended, is revised by substituting ‘sexual orientation, gender identity’ for ‘sexual orientation,’” the Obama order reads in part.
A number of faith-based groups expressed strong opposition to the move at that time.
“President Obama has ordered employers to put aside their principles and practices in the name of political correctness. This level of coercion is nothing less than viewpoint blackmail that bullies into silence every contractor and subcontractor who has moral objections to homosexual behavior,” said Peter Sprigg of Family Research Council….Read more »