Jeff Sessions issues directive undercutting LGBT protections

The Sessions directive effectively lifts a burden from religious objectors to prove their beliefs about marriage or other topics are sincerely held

The attorney general, Jeff Sessions, on Friday issued a sweeping directive that undercuts federal protections for LGBT people, telling agencies to do as much as possible to accommodate those who claim their religious freedoms are violated.

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