his article originally appeared on heartland.org.
The U.S. Senate has passed and the House will consider a bill that
may force private and religious schools to hire people whose sexual
conduct violates the organizations’ beliefs.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 (ENDA) forbids
employers to “fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any
individual…because of such individual’s actual or perceived sexual
orientation or gender identity.” Similar laws in New York and Maryland
prohibited employers from firing cross-dressing employees who made
customers uncomfortable.
“The Becket Fund is concerned about any law that does not provide
robust religious liberty protections where they are warranted,” said
Emily Hardman, a spokeswoman for the public interest law firm. “The
limited exemptions for certain religious organizations that we have seen
in the ENDA draft under consideration are manifestly inadequate.”
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http://www.humanevents.com/2013/11/14/bill-threatens-private-schools-religious-liberties/
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