President Biden’s administration on Friday revoked a last-minute note issued by the former President Trump
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Greg Friel, acting head of the Department of Justice’s civil rights division, released a note Friday revoking a Trump administration directive in response to the June 2020 Supreme Court ruling Bostock v. Clayton County. Judges ruled in a 6-3 ruling that the country’s laws on sex discrimination in the workplace also apply to discrimination against LGBTQ people.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the 23-page note from Trump’s Justice Department dated last Sunday said the court ruling should not be extended to areas where gender-based policies on bathrooms and sports equipment are relevant. The note also indicated that employers could cite religious beliefs as justification for discrimination against LGBTQ employees.
However, Friday’s move, first denounced by Politico, revoked the Trump administration’s note, with Friel arguing that the board was in conflict with a Wednesday Biden’s executive order which committed the federal government to preventing any kind of discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.
“I have determined that this memorandum is inconsistent in many respects with the OE,” Friel wrote in his Friday address to colleagues in the civil rights division, according to Politico. “I intend to speak with the leadership of the Department on the publication of a revised guideline that conforms to the policy established in the OE. As part of this process, we will seek the input of experts on issues of the Division “.
Biden’s executive order, one of several actions taken on his first day in office, calls on federal government agencies to review current policies against sex discrimination to make sure they prohibit discrimination against community members. LGBTQ.
“All people must be treated with respect and dignity and must be able to live without fear, whoever they are or whom they love, ”the order states. “Adults should be able to make a living and pursue a vocation knowing that they will not be fired, degraded or abused because of those who return home or because the way they dress does not conform to gender-based stereotypes.”
The order adds that “all people should receive equal treatment according to the law, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation.”
Last Sunday’s note from Acting Deputy Attorney General John Daukas, released publicly a day before Trump left office, alongside Justice Samuel Alito
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“We must hesitate to apply Bostock’s reasoning to different texts, adopted at different times, in different contexts,” Daukas wrote.
“Unlike racial discrimination, the Supreme Court has never held that a religious businessman’s decision not to hire gay or transgender people” violates deeply widely accepted views on elementary justice ”or that the government has a“ compelling ”interest. in eradicating this behavior. “, the note added, according to the Journal.