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ANALYSIS: Did Obama finally thread the needle on gay rights and religious freedom?
By David Gibson — July 21, 2014
(RNS) The result was a split-the-baby solution that largely pleased Obama’s gay rights supporters while mollifying some religious critics and leaving enough ambiguity to blunt the opposition of more hard-line foes.
Obama’s faith-based advisers divided over religious exemption for anti-gay discrimination
By Adelle M. Banks — July 8, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) “An exception would set a terrible precedent by denying true equality for LGBT people, while simultaneously opening a Pandora’s Box inviting other forms of discrimination,” more than 100 signatories wrote Tuesday in a letter to President Obama.
Conservatives shift their tone on gay anti-discrimination bill
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — November 5, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The rhetoric from Republican and conservative opponents of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act is moving away from the morality of the bedroom and into the business sphere. More politicians are fighting ENDA as a bad economic move, not as a break with the Bible.
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