Also, the religious freedom czars. No senate oversight needed. How convenient.
Attorney General Sessions Installs “Religious Freedom” Czars in Every US Attorney’s Office
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Washington, DC—American Atheists expressed outrage today at the drastic changes implemented by the Trump administration that will further elevate religious beliefs above the law.
Without any substantive public announcement, the administration made changes to the policy manuals for U.S. Attorneys’ offices and Department of Justice
(DOJ) litigation offices. These offices are now required to assign a staff member to monitor all litigation and immediately inform high-ranking political appointees at DOJ whenever the offices are subject to a lawsuit involving religious liberty, when religious liberty is used as a defense in litigation, or when the offices file a suit involving religious issues.
These changes also require U.S. Attorneys and litigation offices to seek the approval of the Associate Attorney General—who is a political appointee—before proceeding with any civil suit that may involve religious liberty issues. By doing so, the Trump administration is favoring religious beliefs above all other matters, and is eroding the independence of these offices by allowing a political appointee to overrule the judgment of career DOJ attorneys.
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This is a breathtaking expansion of religious privilege in the DOJ,” said American Atheists’ legal and policy director Alison Gill. “These policy changes significantly undermine the rule of law and favor religious beliefs at the expense of nondiscrimination and equal protection.”
I remember back when Jack Cafferty still had his few minutes on Wolf Blitzer's show. Cafferty did a brief segment on the dominionists & he was clearly fearful of what he'd found out, & so were a lot of his viewers who wrote in. He said that these groups need to be exposed, but of course, they haven't been. Even after Palin hit the national stage, these groups have not received the attention & scrutiny that they deserve.
Time for another donation to the
Freedom From Religion Foundation. The damage already done by Trump/Pence will take decades to repair. I can't image what our institutions will look like in 2020.
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