How Trump Is Reversing Obama's Nondiscrimination Legacy

Today, the Trump administration made another major move in its effort to walk back President Barack Obama's contested legacy on non-discrimination policies. Under a proposed new rule, faith-based groups that receive contracts from the Department of Labor would have a wider latitude to make hiring and firing decisions based on their religious teachings.
 
Progressive activists are already worried that this rule could be used to justify discrimination against LGBTQ people, women who are unmarried and pregnant, non-religious people, and more. But faith groups have long argued that this kind of religious protection isn't about discrimination at all: They say it would allow them to operate with religious integrity and continue to work with the government.