A federal judge has set off a debate among legal scholars by ordering lawyers for Southwest Airlines to undergo “religious-liberty training” by a conservative Christian legal group.
who didn't want to work on same-sex marriages, and seeking to limit transgender rights. It frequently cites First Amendment rights in its litigation.
David Lopez, who was general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during the Obama administration, said Southwest could argue that training by a conservative Christian group violates the religious rights of its lawyers, especially if any follow other faiths or none at all. ADF is “just one voice” on the subject of religious freedom, Lopez said, “and they are a voice that many people view as being very controversial and very narrow.”
“ADF presents itself as a religious-liberty organization, but it is really a Christian organization," Laycock said. "It isn’t much interested in anyone else’s religious liberty.” Judge Starr was nominated by Trump in 2019 and confirmed by the Senate, then under Republican control, in a party-line, 51-39 vote.
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