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Jeff Sessions announces a religious liberty task force to combat “dangerous” secularism
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP Jul 31, 2018 04:06pm |
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Author | Tara Isabella Burton |
News Date | Tuesday, July 31, 2018 05:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | The Justice Department’s latest move is another nod to Christian nationalism by the Trump administration.
he Trump administration has consistently championed a narrow view of religious liberty in America. But the Justice Department’s latest religious liberty initiative may be the most far-reaching — and potentially troubling — one yet.
On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of a “Religious Liberty Task Force” that will enforce a 2017 DOJ memo ordering federal agencies to take the broadest possible interpretation of “religious liberty” when enforcing federal laws. That memo, for example, prohibits the IRS from threatening the tax-exempt status of any religious organization that actively lobbied on behalf of a political candidate, which is not allowed under the Johnson Amendment. |
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