Donald Trump extends Obama's LGBTQ workplace protections

[Locutus]

well there ya have it.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he won't roll back workplace protections for LGBTQ individuals.

In a rare display of agreement with the previous administration, one of Trump's first actions on Tuesday was to pledge to continue an executive order signed by his predecessor, Barack Obama, that ensures employees who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer are entitled to the same protections as any other workers.

"The executive order signed in 2014, which protects employees from anti-LGBTQ workplace discrimination while working for federal contractors, will remain intact," said a White House statement.

The announcement comes just hours before the new president is set to announce his choice for the Supreme Court vacancy.

There's a movement among socially conservative forces in America to push back against hard-won rights for the LGBTQ community, and the president's move to firmly ensconce some of those rights could be an attempt to stay above the coming fray.

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"President Donald J. Trump is determined to protect the rights of all Americans, including the LGBTQ community," the White House statement said. "President Trump continues to be respectful and supportive of LGBTQ rights, just as he was throughout the election. The president is proud to have been the first ever GOP nominee to mention the LGBTQ community in his nomination acceptance speech, pledging then to protect the community from violence and oppression."

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[Hoof Hearted]

AM JEST KEEDING!

Good on Trump for doing that!

 

[EagleSmack]

well there ya have it.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he won't roll back workplace protections for LGBTQ individuals.

Are the liberals upset over this?

Bueller?

 

[eh1eh]

Are the liberals upset over this?

Bueller?

Of course no one is upset about this except maybe the christian right, lol.
It's just that we can't figure out how it helps his fascist agenda.

 

[Machjo]

Of course no one is upset about this except maybe the christian right, lol.
It's just that we can't figure out how it helps his fascist agenda.

Honestly, I don't believe he's a fascist. Probably a better description would be a nationalist, or more precisely an extreme nationalist.

 

[eh1eh]

Honestly, I don't believe he's a fascist. Probably a better description would be a nationalist, or more precisely an extreme nationalist.

He may or may not be fascist, he'll have to ask President Bannon.

BTW 'Extreme Nationalism' is one of the traits of a fascist.

 

[Machjo]

He may or may not be fascist, he'll have to ask President Bannon.

BTW 'Extreme Nationalism' is one of the traits of a fascist.

Nationalism, militarism, and economic self-sufficiency.

As for Trump:

Nationalism? Check.

Economic self-sufficiency? He's a protectionist, so check.

Militarism? Hard to say. he supports a strong military but certainly does not worship it. If anything, he can be quite critical of it. Plus he's somewhat of an isolationist, hardly a militaristic trait. So that one's a mixed bag.


He does appear to be authoritarian though. But I don't get the impression he quite meets the criteria for a fascist, even though he does share many points in common.