Posted on 07/18/2014 4:41:24 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Barack Obama will sign an executive order on Monday barring federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, senior administration officials said.
The order will allow some exemptions for religious groups that are federal contractors but not as much flexibility as the groups had wanted.
A religious organization would be barred from making hiring decisions based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Exceptions would be allowed for ministers, and groups would be allowed to favor individuals of a particular religion when hiring.
The White House believes the order will help improve productivity by reducing fears among employees that they could be fired for being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
"This is another case where doing what is right also helps businesses improve their bottom line," one official told reporters on a conference call.
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Under what authority can the president ORDER anyone (besides the military) to do anything?
Obama isn't the only one to do that, but in my opinion this stuff needs to stop! congress needs to bar ALL presidents (not just this one) from ORDERING federal contractors to do anything! THAT IS NOT HIS JOB !!!
So, I suppose it would behoove one to at least say they are gay so they aren’t pronounced anti-gay or homophobic(isn’t a phobia a fear of something? I ain’t scared) or something. Then of course they’d have lied on their documents so............. I don’t know. It’s just all so confusing. But that 3% or less deserve special treatment obviously. Guess they can’t “make it” on their own merit?
is he allowed to single out one group ?
Hmm, I thought we all lived under the same Constitution.
Most pro-business administration in history.
1.6% by of the population the last study
Why wasn't Derrick Holden informed of this?
So I suppose there will be a mandatory self outing for all gays then ,, management will insist on it (and rightly so) so that they can make sure their rights aren’t infringed upon.
Oh my God. The world is coming apart all around us and all our president is worried about are homosexual rights? REALLY? Oh wait, and fundraisers.
I am tired of the president and I am tired of faggots pushing their vile lifestyle in my face.
Hiring preference for trannies!
If he really wanted to help, he could issue an order banning anal intercourse.
That would stop AIDs in it’s tracks...
I wonder if we could talk the Kenyan into signing the same kind of order for Whitey and Christians. I’d like to see one just to get Holder’s DOJ off of our asses. That crap is getting old.
Good point.
Obama to sign order Monday barring federal discrimination against gays Catholics?
Obama to sign order Monday barring federal discrimination against gays Christians?
23 Americans dead in Ukraine
Iraq in flames
Israel at war
Illegals flooding America with pandemics
But it is ALL about the sick deviants! OBAMA IS A DISGRACE!!!!
I thought there were all kinds of protections in place against the discrimination of homosexuals? What more?
Again? How many times has he done this?
Is this even an issue??? Are there really ANY gays out there that have been legitimately discriminated against?
Obama. The first all gay all the time president.
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