President Obama will force religious organizations to hire LGBT applicants

Reported by Michal Ortner

The Obama Administration is now forcing religious organizations receiving any type of federal grant or support to hire gay and transgender applicants. The new mandate was added to discrimination laws, and faith-based establishments are not excluded from those required to follow suit.

“This is another example of the Obama administration’s hostility toward people of faith and biblical values,” Matt Staver, founder and attorney for the Liberty Council, said. “Just like he has done with the use of State Department funding for foreign nations, Obama is now using funding to force his immoral agenda on religious organizations. Obama is using the poor and disadvantaged hostages to advance his radical ideology.”

Austin Ruse, president of the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-fam), says that Obama’s executive order will hurt the poor and needy in the grand scheme of things. These religious groups will be forced to close because they will either give up their federal funding or simply shut down because of their convictions.

“Many religious groups will have no choice but to forego government funding and perhaps close their doors permanently,” Ruse said. “Such a policy change will hit hardest in the most desperate part of the world, Africa, where they don’t have the luxury to indulge in these new Western ideas of s*xuality. They’re too busy trying to stay alive.”

There are many Catholic groups that are open just to help those in need, but “maybe not for much longer,” noted Ruse.

C-fam explains that these organizations could fight in court for their rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a federal law, but it could also be financially and legally detrimental in the long run.

“Success would be far from certain,” C-fam explained.

Obama signed the order last summer, which not only forces faith-based groups to hire gay, lesbian, bis*xual, and transgender applicants, but it also allows these persons to use whichever locker room or restroom they believe fits best for their gender.

“Faith-based organizations are providing assistance in communities across America, such as adoption, youth centers, child care and development programs, youth counseling, shelter, and much more,” Staver said. “Christian organizations cannot offer biblical counseling and, at the same time, hire people who do not follow the Bible and their doctrinal positions on human s*xuality. Ultimately, this LGBT regulation is going to cause irreparable harm to the children and the needy.”

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