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Justice Department creates religious liberty task force
Washington Examiner ^ | July 30, 2018 10:08 AM | by Kelly Cohen

Posted on 07/30/2018 7:30:13 AM PDT by GonzoII

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has created a religious liberty task force to “protect and promote religious liberty.”

Speaking from the Justice Department in Washington, Sessions said the task force, which he will chair, is to help implementation of the religious liberty memo he signed in October.

That 25-page memo outlines 20 guiding principles that federal agencies can use to protect religious liberty in employment, contracting and

“Freedom of religion has been a core American principle from the very beginning of our country — indeed, it is our ‘first freedom,’” Sessions said Monday. “President Trump promised that he would make preserving and protecting our religious liberty the first priority of his administration. The Department of Justice is committed to assisting with that effort.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agsessions; dof; doj; jeffsessions; religiousliberty; sessions; trumpdoj
Getting proactive, hoorah!
1 posted on 07/30/2018 7:30:13 AM PDT by GonzoII
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-and-jeff-sessions-prioritize-religious-liberty-with-new-justice-department-task-force


2 posted on 07/30/2018 7:31:30 AM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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To: GonzoII

Restoring plain old liberty would be an even bigger win. He should come out of hiding and sign onto the “Drain the Swamp” agenda.


3 posted on 07/30/2018 7:32:36 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: GonzoII

Lefty lawyers are filing (and filling) their briefs as we speak.


4 posted on 07/30/2018 7:46:45 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Idiocracy is Prophecy!)
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To: GonzoII

That’s great, Jeff, thanks, brah.

What other neat tricks can you do?


5 posted on 07/30/2018 7:53:24 AM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: GonzoII

Still waiting for that second amendment task force.


6 posted on 07/30/2018 8:07:34 AM PDT by fruser1
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Religion includes Islam. And I’ll bet that’s the religion he’s concerned about.


7 posted on 07/30/2018 8:54:58 AM PDT by Terry Mross (On some threads it's best to go jst inraight to the comments.)
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