Bar association targets Christians for 'discrimination'
Supporters of the change say this is mostly about putting an end to insulting behavior such as calling a female attorney “honey,” but others see a far more sinister agenda.
“This is an attempt to silence Christians in the legal profession. The main drivers of it are LGBT activists trying to eliminate religious liberty defenses on matters pertaining to same-sex marriage and also transgenderism, to purge observant Christians from the legal profession,” said Ken Klukowski, senior counsel and director of strategic affairs at the First Liberty Institute.
Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III and First Liberty Institute President and CEO Kelly Shackleford wrote a blistering letter to the ABA, calling the proposal fascist and imploring members not to approve it.
Klukowski believes the ABA’s goal is to scrub the legal voice of Christians and people of other faiths from the courtroom....
