President Obama’s July 21 Executive Order banning LGBT job discrimination by federal contractors did not include a religious organization exemption but did leave intact an…
In the wake of the US Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision (which had nothing to do with the issue) and thanks to President Obama’s LGBT…
Archbishop Cordileone, Archbishop Lori, Archbishop Wenski, and Bishop Malone, “Hobby Lobby and ENDA,” USCCBLOG, July 17, 2014: “So what is really the matter with ENDA…
Seeking a consensus to overhaul federal job training programs, Congress will leave intact a religious hiring ban as it reauthorizes the program–even though faith-based organizations…
Congress is nearing agreement on a major overhaul of federal job-training programs, but the revised law will remain biased against religious organizations. Federal job training…
Advocates for LGBT rights have long been pressing Congress and the administration for action to prohibit job discrimination on the bases of sexual orientation and…
The fiftieth anniversary of the signing by President Lyndon B. Johnson of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, our nation’s premier civil rights law, is being…
As a candidate for president, in July, 2008, Barack Obama announced that, while he would continue the faith-based initiative started by President Bush, he would…
At long last, the case of the employees who sued the New York City Salvation Army, alleging religious job discrimination, is over. On March 18,…
A recent letter from 47 Senators and 148 members of the House asks the President to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating…