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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Religion, Business and Equal Opportunities

    President Obama’s plan to forbid organizations that receive tax dollars from discriminating against gays and lesbians is getting the thumbs down from some of his religious allies, and now six major gay rights groups are withdrawing support from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 9, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama’s plan to forbid organizations that receive tax dollars from discriminating against gays and lesbians is getting the thumbs down from some of his religious allies, and now six major gay rights groups are withdrawing support from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. That’s a bill stuck in Congress that would ban companies from discriminating against gay or lesbian employees. That bill has a religious exemption clause.

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    History of Corporate Personhood, Botox and Happiness, and More
    1. 0:00Religion, Business and Equal OpportunitiesYou’re reading this
    2. 7:52A History of Corporate Personhood
    3. 18:25Child Immigrant Lawsuit
    4. 27:29Botox and Emotion
    5. 42:04A New American Apparel?
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