On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department will be creating what has been dubbed a “Religious Liberty Task Force.”
According to Sessions, the task force will “ensure all Justice Department components are upholding that guidance in the cases they bring and defend, the arguments they make in court, the policies and regulations they adopt, and how we conduct our operations.” This is necessary, he says, because religious liberty has been under attack.
Sessions said the guidance he issued in October lays out 20 fundamental principles for the executive branch to follow, including the principles that free exercise means a right to act — or to abstain from action — and that government shouldn’t impugn people’s motives or beliefs.
1/ This morning Jeff Sessions announced a "Religious Liberty Task Force" as he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with anti-#LGBTQ activists. pic.twitter.com/9IRiGhulfD
— Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response (@HRC) July 30, 2018
