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The 'spin' seems accurate.For anyone interested in the actual EO, rather than the spin being enacted by NewsMax:
Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation | The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Every person should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they...www.whitehouse.gov
Advocates, though, say the executive order is a huge win for LGBTQ+ people, and the American Civil Liberties Union called on Biden Thursday to take even more action.
“This action by the Biden administration recognizes what the Supreme Court held last June and what we’ve long known: LGBTQ people are protected by our civil rights laws,” James Esseks, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBT & HIV Project, said in a statement.