Faith Leaders Urge Trump to Preserve LGBTQ Protections

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NEWS FEB 2 2017, 8:27 PM ET
by ALEX JOHNSON

Hundreds of religious leaders have signed a letter urging President Donald Trump not to weaken federal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender Americans working for government contractors.

The letter is being circulated at the same time as a purported draft of a proposed executive order that would carve out an exemption from anti-discrimination regulations for federal contractors who oppose LGBTQ equality on religious grounds. The regulations were were signed into law in July 2014 by former President Barack Obama ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hundreds-faith-leaders-urge-trump-preserve-lgbtq-protections-n716241

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1. If Twitler rolls back the Johnson amendment

all those religious leaders will be able to speak out on Sunday. Works for me.

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2. They don't need the Johnson amendment repealed to speak out

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3. If they want to include political action statments

from the pulpit, and keep their tax exempt status, they do.

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4. No: the amendment does not forbid political action statements or even political action

It restricts how much a 501(c)(3) can expend to influence legislation and it forbids material support to electooral candidates