Human rights groups send letters Sec. Pompeo accusing the US State Dept. of sidelining rights for women and the LGBTQ community in favor of religious liberty.
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of prominent human rights organizations, presidential candidates, Democratic senators and religious leaders are sounding the alarm over the Trump administration’s new Commission on Unalienable Rights.
“We urge you to immediately disband this body,” the groups write. Instead, they implore Pompeo to “focus your personal attention on the significant challenges currently facing the protection of human rights globally.” The letter organized by Sen. Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was also signed by several Democrats who are running for president in 2020, including Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo.
Although Pompeo has described the 10-member commission as bipartisan and reflecting “various backgrounds and beliefs,” the human rights groups opposing the commission argue that almost all of them are known for “extremely conservative views.” Some of the members, who come from prestigious institutions such as Harvard University and the University of Notre Dame, have previously been outspoken in opposition to contraception, same-sex marriage and recognition of transgender rights.
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