Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Liberty Task Force

Liberty Task Force

DOJ forms Religious Liberty Task Force to protect freedom of religion - Washington Times

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday he is creating a religious liberty task force within the Justice Department to protect religious organizations from discrimination. The task force is an extension of President Trump's October directive requiring government agencies to protect religious liberty even when it conflicts with government regulation. Led by Mr. Sessions, the task force will be co-chaired by Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio and Beth Williams, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy.

Mr. Sessions said the task force was necessary because the U.S. has become "less hospitable" to religious people.

"Americans from a wide variety of backgrounds are concerned about what this changing cultural climate means for the future of religious liberty in our country," Mr. Sessions said. "President Trump heard their concern. I believe this unease among the American people is one reason he was elected."

- Father, we pray this Task Force will be very effective in identifying and resolving policies, procedures and legal actions that harm people of faith.

- It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1)

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