Justice Department issues government-wide religious liberty principles

Published October 6, 2017 5:22pm ET



Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued government-wide guidance Friday advising federal agencies to adhere to more than a dozen “principles of religious liberty” following President Trump’s May religious liberty executive order that critics worried would lead to discrimination against LGBT people.

In a memo to all executive departments and agencies, Sessions outlined 20 principles of religious liberty, including one permitting religious employers to “employ only persons whose beliefs and conduct are consistent with the employer’s religious precepts.”

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