“President-elect Trump has the opportunity to ensure that people of all faiths can continue to do their good work in serving their communities without having to violate their consciences or face crippling fines or onerous lawsuits,” wrote Archbishop Lori, who leads the bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty. “Our hope is that the next administration will ensure that Americans remain free to serve.”
In a November 30 CNS column, the prelate called upon Trump to
- “rescind executive orders that effectively exclude faith-based organizations from partnering with the federal government, such as Executive Order 13672”
- “direct the head of HHS to place an immediate moratorium on the HHS mandate” and then rescind it
- “direct HHS to stop enforcing its ‘transgender mandate’ issued under the purported authority of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Catholic hospitals are currently being sued by those seeking coverage of ‘gender reassignment’ surgeries.”
- “rescind the Obama administration’s ‘guidance’ and related memos on Title IX that force schools—including at the K-12 level—to treat students according to their “internal sense of gender.”