Obamas Protections for L.G.B.T. Workers Will Remain Under Trump
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Source: NY Times
WASHINGTON The White House said on Monday that President Trump would leave in place a 2014 Obama administration order that created new workplace protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
In a statement issued in response to growing questions about whether Mr. Trump would reverse the Obama order, the White House said the president was proud to embrace gay rights.
President Trump continues to be respectful and supportive of L.G.B.T.Q. rights, just as he was throughout the election, the statement said. The president is proud to have been the first ever G.O.P. nominee to mention the L.G.B.T.Q. community in his nomination acceptance speech, pledging then to protect the community from violence and oppression.
The decision to keep the order, the statement added, was Mr. Trumps. It uses stronger language than any Republican president has before in favor of equal legal protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, though that is not likely to quiet Mr. Trumps critics on the left.
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yodermon
(6,143 posts)Bohunk68
(1,364 posts)Not buying this at all. Look over there at the purple squirrel.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)Sorry, but I am uber cynical today
HAB911
(8,890 posts)codifying discrimination
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)This is good news for now. It is strategic, no doubt.
He did not promise to curtail gay rights so it is easy for him not to. Remember, islamaphobis is used to bait gays (muslims are against gays rationale).
They will take care of it later. They have muslims and women to go after first.