What Constitution? Biden admin reportedly plans to roll back religious liberty rule | Eastern NC Now

Posted by: Jenna Curren at lawenforcementtoday.com

On Tuesday, November 9th, the Biden Department of Labor (DOL) said that it plans to roll back the Trump rule that went into effect on January 8th, which allows religious groups that are federal contractors to specifically hire people who hold to their faith beliefs. 

According to reports, back in August 2019, the Trump Labor Department announced the proposed rule intended to clarify that faith-based organizations could “make employment decisions consistent with their sincerely held religious tenets and beliefs without fear of sanction by the federal government.”

The Biden administration, however, signaled its intention to overturn the rule after civil rights organizations claimed it allowed discrimination against LGBTQ individuals in terms of hiring by faith-based groups. 

The Biden administration is claiming that the Trump rule “departed from” the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) longstanding “policy and practice” of applying principles and case law to interpret the exemption. OFCCP Director Jenny R. Yang stated:

“The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ proposed rescission would protect against discrimination and safeguard principles of religious freedom.

With this proposal, OFCCP would simply return to our policy and practice of considering the facts of each case and applying Title VII principles and case law and other applicable law.”

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So much for their oath to support and defend the Constitution.