LAST October, at a campaign event, Donald Trump proudly waved a rainbow flag a supporter had decorated with the words “LGBT for Trump”. If the image was puzzling then, it is jarring now. In his seven months in office, the 45th president has taken a number of steps to harm gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans. His Department of Justice (DoJ) recently argued, contrary to the position of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, that civil-rights laws do not protect gays and lesbians from being fired on the basis of their sexual orientation. He appointed a judge to Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals who has made homophobic comments and tosses around the word “faggot” in speeches. He withdrew an Obama-era policy instructing public schools to permit transgender students to use bathrooms matching their gender identity. And in July he said he planned to bar transgender soldiers from America’s military.
It is no great surprise, then, that Mr Trump’s DoJ has filed a brief in support of a Christian baker whose opposition...Continue reading
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