TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP EXEC ORDER: “President Donald Trump has invited conservative leaders to the White House on Thursday [4-27-17] for what they expect will be the ceremonial signing of a long-awaited—and highly controversial—executive order on religious liberty, according to multiple people familiar with the situation…
The signing would represent a major triumph for Vice President Mike Pence—whose push for religious-freedom legislation backfired mightily when he served as governor of Indiana—and his allies in the conservative movement.
The original draft order, which would have established broad exemptions for people and groups to claim religious objections under virtually any circumstance, was leaked to The Nation on Feb. 1—the handiwork, many conservatives believed, of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, who have sought to project themselves as friendly to the LGBT community. Liberals blasted the draft order as government-licensed discrimination, and the White House distanced itself from the leaked document in a public statement.”
-Timothy Alberta and Shane Goldmacher, “White House aims for Thursday signing of religious liberty executive order,” Politico, May 2, 2017 2:50pm