In light of the stress put upon the issue, with the possibility of a task force being set up to tackle it, the presidential executive order, which by some has been called an anti-Christian executive order, is based on strong grounds for that debate. The title “Promoting Equality and Inclusion” would indicate that the order likely deals expressly with protection against discrimination on the grounds of multiple identities.
On the other hand, the critics assert that this anti-Christian executive order is, on the one hand, a direct persecution of Christian entities and persons by inhibiting their freedom of practicing a so-called religion in hiring decisions and expressing their faith-related views.
This is the Context of the Anti-Christian Order
The Anti-Christian Executive Orders limit further a Federal contractor from discriminating in any form on sexual orientation or gender identity. Although these aims are laudable to protect the LGBTQ+ community, they have harmed some organizations for Christians that hold those tenets as grounds for hiring and standards of conduct.
Forced to either act against their deeply-held beliefs or forfeit desperately-needed funding from government contracts, it has been said. The other background out of which such Orders derive is contained in Congressional Research Service references and others.
Task Force Response to this Anti-Christian Order
This yet-to-be-born alliance of clergy members, advocates of religious freedom, and civic leaders is the newest task force founded to respond to almost directly to the protests against the Anti-Christian Executive Order raised by certain clergy members and advocacy organizations.
The task force wishes to examine the implications of that same order, explore potential legal avenues or legislative initiatives opposing it, all with a view towards establishing equal access for all parties to religious freedom and an inclusive society. Thus, this particular anti-Christian executive order will be scrutinized closely against the principles of non-discrimination and constitutional right to religious freedom in an extraordinarily diverse nation.
More often than not, the rationales behind such executive orders somehow become apparent through official communication issued, maybe by the White House, that contains fact sheets outlining policy-related changes. The legal landscape surrounding governmental authority and individual rights is complex, as seen in Ohio’s challenge to qualified immunity.
The Policy Context
This Anti-Christian Executive Order sparks an infinite amount of discussions within the federal government on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Some state events have been underway to settle the political context on these federal orders, and can be equivalent at the current political setting to an event happening in the California governor’s race.
Further contrasting the approaches of other countries vis-Ã -vis workplace inclusivity and culture-for example, in articles examining positive workplace cultures across the globe-provides contrasting platforms against which principles at stake in this anti-Christian Executive Order discourse can be juxtaposed.
