The Trump Administration has proposed expanding the definition of religious exemption in the hiring policies of federal contractors , which it said could prompt discrimination against LGBTQ employees and unmarried mothers , among others . ,” they wrote in the complaint. Civil rights activists and lawmakers warned that the Department of Labor policy created a loophole broad enough to allow the largest US employers with federal contracts to fire or not employ people who do not share their faith or follow their religious practices . Two recent Supreme Court cases both ruled narrowly in favour of firms that claimed their religious exemption was infringed .
The Trump Administration has proposed expanding the definition of religious exemption in the hiring policies of federal contractors , which it said could prompt discrimination against LGBTQ employees and unmarried mothers , among others . Civil rights activists and lawmakers warned that the Department of Labor policy created a loophole broad enough to allow the largest US employers with federal contracts to fire or not employ people who do not share their faith or follow their religious practices . Two recent Supreme Court cases both ruled narrowly in favour of firms that claimed their religious exemption was infringed .