Russ Vought wages cultural war on transgender compromise
Former director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought is urging Republicans in Congress to jump ship from legislation that bills itself as the conservative answer to the Equality Act, according to a letter obtained by The Spectator. ''It purports to be a compromise amidst the culture wars, but it concedes far too much,' Vought, now the president of the Center for American Restoration and its advocacy arm, American Restoration Action, writes. The Fairness for All Act, introduced by Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah, makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity but carves out exemptions for religious institutions. It is meant to find a middle ground between the Democrat-led Equality Act and the conservatives who oppose that bill.
