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In light of Jeff Sessions' Religious Liberty Summit backed by Alliance Defending Freedom, it's important to remember that those affiliated with ADF are working in the administration and shaping policy.
We obtained resumes from HHS that show two appointees associated with ADF now working in senior roles at the agency. Many HHS resumes also show connections to anti-choice groups and other organizations focused on religious liberty: americanoversight.org/document/hhs-p…
Matthew Bowman worked to undo the birth control mandate as senior counsel at ADF and he's now counsel at HHS. Marie Meszaros is now working as senior policy analyst at the Office of Health Reform: americanoversight.org/document/hhs-p…
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Wednesday night, Jeff Sessions announced his support for the Christian fundamentalist group, #ADF. The group has long been working to infiltrate the government of the United States.
The group established the "Blackstone Fellowship” in 2000 to indoctrinate young law students to fight for cases involving reproductive rights and sexual justice in accordance with a "distinctly Christian worldview.”

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1/ In his speech today, AG Sessions said; "Let us be frank. A dangerous movement, undetected by many, is now challenging and eroding our great tradition of religious freedom. There can be no doubt."

Let us be frank: This is unadulterated nonsense.
2/ There's no such "movement," undetected or otherwise. And I say that as someone who proudly worked for many years in DOJ to protect religious liberty. The AG's speech is dishonest (or at best sincere but mistaken) in several respects.
3/ Take, for example, his opening parade of horribles: "We have gotten to the point where courts have held that morality cannot be a basis for law; where ministers are fearful to affirm, as they understand it, holy writ from the pulpit; and ...
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Jeff Sessions just announced a Religious Liberty Task Force.

Sessions is a white supremacist who doesn't deserve our trust. We should all be concerned for the religious minorities in our communities.
*Sneak preview at Jeff Sessions' Religious Liberty Task Force*
White supremacists defending Jeff Sessions like:
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Jeff Sessions is hosting a politicized “Religious Liberty” Summit" at DOJ headquarters Monday that leans almost entirely on the Christian right.

It’s backed by ADF (the gay wedding cake group) and one of DOJ officials speaking is Kerri Kupec, who used to be ADF spokesperson.
Jeff Sessions’ religious liberty summit has begun at the Justice Department headquarters.

You can watch live here: justice.gov/live
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Task force will ensure compliance with his "religious liberty” memo from October and coordinate w/other agencies.
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