Jeff Sessions is installing 'religious freedom' czars in every U.S. Attorneys office

[DonViejo]

Source: LGBTQ Nation



By Jeff Taylor · Wednesday, February 7, 2018

The Trump administration is continuing its efforts to give a license to discriminate under the guise of “religious liberty,” placing a religious liberty czar throughout the entirety of the U.S. Attorneys offices.

Changes have been quietly made to the policy manuals for U.S. Attorneys’ offices and Department of Justice litigation offices, once again hoisting the concerns of the “religious freedom” crowd. Those offices will now have to assign a member of staff to monitor litigation and inform their political appointee higher-ups when so-called religious freedom comes up in any suit as a part of the complaint or defense.

The change also requires U.S. Attorneys and litigation offices to seek the approval of the Associate Attorney General, Trump appointee Rachel Brand, before they can proceed with any such case.

“To the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law, Department components and United States Attorneys’ Offices must reasonably accommodate religious observance and practice in all activities, including litigation,” the policy now reads.


Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/02/jeff-sessions-installing-religious-freedom-czars-every-u-s-attorneys-office

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Let's go bake him a wedding cake

a marriage of stupidity and oppression

[Kittycow]

2. Muslim cashiers won't have to sell alcohol !

Right?

[PoliticAverse]

8. Well they don't have to deliver it according to the EEOC...

https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-29-13.cfm

[Kittycow]

20. I didn't know that!

And it's something that I can actually remember with my leaky memory

[catbyte]

3. What a surprise.

[IMG][/IMG]

[LiberalArkie]

7. And the coup happens during the military parade in DC?

[pangaia]

18. You betcha it does...

There will be NO protesting at that parade. Mark my words.

[forgotmylogin]

35. The only protest is to stay away in droves.

[J_William_Ryan]

4. More rightwing stupidity.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Religious freedom to discriminate...

[world wide wally]

32. Precisely

[JunkYardDogg]

6. Excellent Piece of Info

Religious Liberty is Religious Coercion and Tyranny

[Wwcd]

28. + a million. "Religious Liberty is Religious Coercion and Tyranny"

Repeat it:

#Religious Liberty is Religious Coercion and Tyranny

[zipplewrath]

9. It already does

To the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law, Department components and United States Attorneys’ Offices must reasonably accommodate religious observance and practice in all activities, including litigation,

The truth is, the government already does. In many ways they bend over backwards to allow religious liberty. The problem here isn't that they want religious liberty, they want religious PRIVILEGE. And of course this will predominately play out as CHRISTIAN religious privilege.

[area51]

17. +1 n/t

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. The title "czar" is Russian in origin.

I bet the Trumpistas don't see the irony of their actions. Next he'll install a Political Officer in each office to insure all actions conform with the Trump ideology.

Thanks to Frank Luntz, it's something GWB did, especially with the science offices -- it's why we use "climate change" rather than "global warming." Trump doesn't believe in climate change at all, so that's why we pulled out of the Paris accords and have policies that favor fossil fuels over renewables.

[Yavin4]

11. Remember when Fox News freaked out about Obama's Czars?

Remember their complete meltdown:

[LongTomH]

27. Yeah, that was a talking point for the rightwing, including some ex-'friends,' I've had to..........

............unfriend.

[PearliePoo2]

12. It's going to take decades or a generation to repair what these zealots are wrecking (if ever).

EVERY FUCKING DAY IT'S SOMETHING

[Vinca]

13. Bet they'll represent lots of Muslims.

[bluestarone]

14. separation of church and state to them must be

take the state out of our government huh? them assholes!!!

[Cryptoad]

15. Does this mean that i can NOW

bring DOJ Action for having to listen to Preachers before high school games ?????

[Initech]

16. Fuck the religious right!!!

I'd love to tell them where they can shove their pathetic, hatemongering excuse for a religion!

[paleotn]

19. Poliltical officers

nothing more. This isn't about "freedom." Certainly not from a crowd who doesn't even know what it means. This is meant purely to shove their version of the official myth on the rest of us.

[kairos12]

21. Taliban being installed!

[BigmanPigman]

22. Classic example of why Europeans say our country

allows religion into our politics (it shouldn't be in there at all...church/state) too much and that our country is hypocritical. We ALLOW this to happen...RELIGION IS A CHOICE!

[louis-t]

23. Constitution stompers are taking over...

[RandomAccess]

24. What, like, "It's against my religion to be charged?"

“To the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law, Department components and United States Attorneys’ Offices must reasonably accommodate religious observance and practice in all activities, including litigation,” the policy now reads.

[LongTomH]

25. Holy Theocracy, Batman!!!

We're way down the rabbit hole.......and still falling!!!

[samnsara]

26. well they will have to deal with the Church Of Satan!

[Eliot Rosewater]

29. THese violent, filthy fucking TRAITORS are at war with us...KGB we now know along with

Jeff Sessions and other cons HACKED our elections

[HopeAgain]

30. Best New Defenses:

"I trafficked in narcotics because of my religion."

"I robbed a bank because Jesus told me to."

"I colluded with Russians because, you know, religious freedom."

A whole new affirmative defense.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. Raygun courted and gave those people lip service

and then shoved them aside. Poppy courted and gave those people lip service and then shoved them aside. Shrub courted and gave those people lip service and then shoved them aside.

Now Drumpf not only courted those people, but he has now unleashed a crowd of them that has been pent up in Pandora's box for almost 40 years... and have let them run amok through the government.

[world wide wally]

33. Which specific religions does this include?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

34. This is why Pence-Trump keep Sessions on, even while bad-mouthing him publicly. . . . nt

[Turbineguy]

36. Religious freedom

in the 1984 sense.