{"id":65215,"date":"2017-02-03T08:56:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T12:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=65215"},"modified":"2017-02-03T08:58:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T12:58:07","slug":"trumps-new-religious-freedom-executive-order-is-little-short-of-awesome-red-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=65215","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Trump\u2019s New Religious Freedom Executive Order Is Little Short Of Awesome &#8212; RedState"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Trump\u2019s New Executive Order Will Protect Religious Freedom<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65217\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_0022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65217\" class=\"wp-image-65217\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_0022.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_0022.jpg 987w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_0022-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_0022-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">REUTERS<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Erick Erickson<br \/>\nThe Resurgent<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2017\/02\/02\/mr-president-dont-cave-to-liberal-fearmongering-protect-religious-freedom\/\">Here is a must read on the new Trump executive order.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the things the religious freedom executive order would do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It tells the entire federal government to respect federal statutes and Supreme Court decisions that make clear the free exercise of religion applies to all people, of all faiths, in all places, and at all times\u2014that it is not merely the freedom to worship.<\/li>\n<li>It notes that religious organizations include all organizations operated by religious principles, not just houses of worship or charities. And it follows the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in saying that religious exercise \u201cincludes all aspects of religious observance and practice,\u201d not just those absolutely required by a faith.<\/li>\n<li>It instructs all agencies of the federal government, \u201cto the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law,\u201d to reasonably accommodate the religion of federal employees, as required by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.<\/li>\n<li>It instructs the secretaries of health and human services, labor, and treasury to finally grant relief to the Little Sisters of the Poor and others who weren\u2019t exempted from the Obamacare abortifacient and contraception mandate.<\/li>\n<li>It instructs the secretary of health and human services to ensure that all citizens have the ability to purchase health care plans through Obamacare that do not cover abortion or subsidize plans that do.<\/li>\n<li>It instructs the secretary of health and human services to ensure that the federal government does not discriminate against child-welfare providers, such as foster care and adoption services, based on the organization\u2019s religious beliefs.<\/li>\n<li>It adopts the Russell Amendment and instructs all agencies of the federal government to provide protections and exemptions consistent with the Civil Rights Act and Americans with Disabilities Act to all religious organizations that contract with the federal government or receive grants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the list goes on. <a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2017\/02\/02\/mr-president-dont-cave-to-liberal-fearmongering-protect-religious-freedom\/\">Go read the whole thing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theresurgent.com\/trumps-new-executive-order-will-protect-religious-freedom\/\">http:\/\/theresurgent.com\/trumps-new-executive-order-will-protect-religious-freedom\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s New Executive Order Will Protect Religious Freedom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}