Trump sued for allowing meals-on-wheels & homeless shelters to discriminate against LGBTQ people
Several LGBTQ organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “Notice of Nonenforcement” that allows recipients of federal grants to discriminate against LGBTQ people, highlighting the negative impact the rule could have during the coronavirus pandemic.
This past November, HHS issued the notice along with a new proposed rule to allow organizations that get its grants to refuse to serve people, even if they’re discriminating based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and religion. The Trump administration said the goal was to “eliminate regulatory burden, including burden on the free exercise of religion.”
The estimated $500 million annually in grant money goes to organizations involved in adoption, foster care, health care, and child care programs.
Family Equality, SAGE, and True Colors United have sued HHS with help from Democracy Forward and Lambda Legal, saying in a press release that it “endangers already vulnerable populations, especially as the country confronts the coronavirus pandemic.”
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Especially when the reign of the orange is turbo-charged by the Coronavirus pandemic that is going to utterly shred the economy for ages. He sneaks back into the POTUS with Rethugs Senate control (and possibly a a Rethug House again) and all bets are off. I am take NOTHING for granted at all, especially with this new hyper-externality of the pandemic.
It really would be best for all involved if he (along with vast swathes of the Republican power structure) gets the 'VID and succumbs to it post-haste.
