A rare bit of good news emanating from the White House via Politico. According to an article that posted a short while ago, Pr*sident Trump will not sign a draft Executive Order rescinding Barack Obama’s 2012 Executive Order extending protections extended for federal employees and adoptive parents who are LBGTQ.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump helped lead the charge to scuttle a draft executive order that would have overturned Obama-era enforcements of LGBT rights in the workplace, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO.
But two sources close to Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who have a record of supporting gay rights, said the couple favored putting out a clear statement from the president, promising to uphold the 2014 Obama executive order and stopping the momentum for the turnaround in its tracks.
The decision appears to have been made based on input from Trump’s inner circle, overriding fierce support for the draft order coming from right wing religious groups and Vice President Mike Pence.
“There are some in Trump’s family that have some views on these things,” said a source close to the discussions. “That’s where the decision is ultimately being made.”
The draft order, humorously titled “Establishing a Government-Wide Initiative to Respect Religious Freedom,” had leaked earlier this week.