Topic: Sexual Orientation
“The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civil society hard targets for woke culture warriors. This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”), diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists.”
I’m curious how words merely existing are depriving Americans of their First Amendment Rights, and how deleting those words from government regulations/legislation is going to restore those rights. If anything, removing those words arbitrarily is a violation of 1A – it’s literally censorship by the government. Again, lots of cognitive dissonance here, and he’s unclear on what removing these words actually hopes to accomplish, other than effectively legalizing discrimination against anyone who fits into any of those phrases. Seriously? The phrase “reproductive health” is woke? Insanity.
Full contextual analysis of foreword here.
“The redefinition of sex to cover gender identity and sexual orientation and pregnancy to cover abortion should be reversed in all HHS and CMS programs as was done under the Trump Administration.”
This has been covered elsewhere in this website. It’s anti-woman, anti-choice, transphobic, homophobic, science-denying garbage.
Full contextual analysis of Section 3.5: Department of Health and Human Services here.
“The Secretary’s antidiscrimination policy statements should never conflate sex with gender identity or sexual orientation. Rather, the Secretary should proudly state that men and women are biological realities that are crucial to the advancement of life sciences and medical care and that married men and women are the ideal, natural family structure because all children have a right to be raised by the men and women who conceived them.”
This is in no way an “anti” discrimination policy. Also, “all children having a right to be raised by the men and women who conceived them” shits on IVF, egg and sperm donation, IUI, adoption, step-parents, family raising children as their own when their parents cannot, etc.
Full contextual analysis of Section 3.5: Department of Health and Human Services here.
“Eliminate OFCCP.”
The OFCCP (Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs) exists to enforce EO 11246 (signed in 1965), which requires federal contractors and subcontractors to commit to nondiscrimination. Berry goes on to describe anti-discrimination “theories” based on sexual orientation and gender identity as “novel.” I feel compelled to point out here that Berry is an admitted self-hating closeted gay man. Berry is the author of the book “Satisfaction Guaranteed” (2016), which is a self-help book for same-sex attracted Christians (as he himself is one) designed to help them resist those attractions, and purports that real satisfaction can only be found via a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Full contextual analysis of Section 3.9: Department of Labor and Related Agencies here.
“Rescind regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, and sex characteristics.”
That says it all, doesn’t it? He’s bringing back employment discrimination for LGBTQ+ people.
Full contextual analysis of Section 3.9: Department of Labor and Related Agencies here.