Advocates of LGBT rights and abortion rights now fear setbacks instead of further gains. But the outcome emboldened the anti-abortion movement and breathed new life into the religious right’s campaign for broad exemptions from same-sex marriage and other laws. Religious conservatives will press for far-reaching conscience protections and a repeal of regulations they said violated their religious liberty. The GOP triumph was a heavy blow to the Human Rights Campaign and other gay-rights organizations which had worked vigorously on behalf of Hillary Clinton. The First Liberty Institute took him on as a client and successfully challenged the complaint as a violation of Modder’s religious freedom.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 13, 2016 23:34 UTC