Today, more than 50 scholars sent a letter<https://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/gender-sexuality/executive_order_letter_final_0.pdf> to the Obama Administration arguing that its expected executive order prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors should not include an overly broad religion accommodation. Specifically, the letter argues that the EO should not go farther in accommodating religion than does an existing executive order<http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/statutes/eo11246.htm> banning discrimination on grounds of race, religion, sex, and national origin. It also argues that nothing in Hobby Lobby or Wheaton College compels a broader accommodation. The letter was led by Katherine Franke and Kara Loewentheil at the Public Rights/Private Conscience Project, which is an initiative of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School. The press release is here<http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2014/july2014/proposed-executive-order>.
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