While on the campaign
trail, Donald Trump claimed that he would be the best candidate for the LGBTQ
community, but since taking office his actions have revealed that he really
just wants to turn back the clock on the progress made by the community and he’s
doing much of this under the cover of protecting “religious liberty.” Which why
earlier this year, the ACLU filed requests with various federal agencies
demanding information on how the Trump administration was planning to expand
religious exemptions that pave the way for discrimination. To date, none of
those federal agencies complied with the request and in response the ACLU has announced that they will be suing in order to unmask everything they can about
Trump’s plan and expose the threat he poses to the rights and dignity of
countless Americans. Joining me today to
talk all about how Donald Trump is keeping his ‘Religious Liberty’ plan secret
and why the ACLU Is suing so the Public can see it is Louise Melling, the Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU and the
Director of its Center for Liberty.
Noah Michelson, the Voices Editorial Director and Executive Editor of Queer Voices at Huff Post as well as the co-host of the Love + Sex Podcast returns to the show as he does every Thursday to help us close out the week with the stories making headlines over at Queer Voices. Be sure to follow Noah of Twitter!
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