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DOJ investigating MLB over religious freedom concerns
� Kayleigh McEnany reports on the Department of Justice’s investigation into Major League Baseball after warnings were issued to players for displaying Bible verses on their hats.McEnany emphasizes that federal law, Title VII, requires employers to reasonably accommodate religious beliefs.She also questions MLB’s apparent double standards, citing past allowances for campaigns like ‘SOS Cuba’ and ‘BLM’ slogans on player uniforms without similar warnings.
The Trump administration on Thursday directed federal agencies to give greater consideration to religious liberty when writing regulations, enforcing federal law and accommodating employees’ religious beliefs, marking the first major update toDepartment of Justice(DOJ) guidance on the issue since 2017.
The updated guidance instructs executive agencies to ensure their policies comply with theFirst Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and recent Supreme Court decisions that have expanded protectionsfor religious exercise.
The DOJ, led by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, said the guidance reflects nearly a decade of newSupreme Courtprecedent and is intended to ensure federal agencies protect religious Americans in areas including employment, federal contracting, grants, rulemaking and enforcement actions.
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The updated guidance instructs executive agencies to ensure their policies comply with the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and recent Supreme Court decisions.(Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images, File)
Among the changes, the department said agencies should consider religious-liberty concerns earlier whendeveloping regulations, accommodate religious expression in the federal workplace when required by law, and ensure religious organizations can compete for federal grants and contracts on equal footing with secular organizations.
The guidance also reaffirms constitutional protections for churches to govern their own internal affairs and highlights recentSupreme Court rulingsrecognizing parents’ rights to direct the religious upbringing of their children.
“The updated guidance will ensure that the federal government will respect the religious liberty rights of all Americans when implementing the President’s policies,” Kelly Shackelford, president, CEO and chief counsel of First Liberty Institute, said in a statement.
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President Donald Trump is being thanked “for his strong efforts to protect America’s first freedom—religious freedom.”(iStock)
Shackelford thanked PresidentDonald Trump“for his strong efforts to protect America’s first freedom—religious freedom.”
First Liberty said the guidance references twoSupreme Court victoriesinvolving the organization.One was Kennedy v.Bremerton School District, in which the Supreme Court ruled that a public high school football coach’spostgame prayerwas protected by theFirst Amendment.
The other was Groff v.DeJoy, which held that employers generally must provide religious accommodations unless doing so would impose substantial hardship.
According to the DOJ, the Office of Legal Policy will continue working with federal agencies to review proposed regulations and other government actions for compliance withfederal religious-liberty protections.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche listens during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C.(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo, File)
The updated memorandum replaces guidance issued duringTrump’s first administrationin 2017 and incorporates Supreme Court decisions issued since then that the department says have clarified and strengthened constitutional and statutory protections for religious exercise.
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