President Barack Obama signs executive orders to give special protection to LGBT employees from federal workplace discrimination in the East Room of the White House Monday, July 21, 2014, in Washington.
Obama's executive orders signed Monday prohibit discrimination against gay and transgender workers in the federal government and its contracting agencies, without a new exemption that was requested by some religious organizations.
The fight over a gay discrimination ban for private employers has become embroiled in a dispute over whether religious groups should get an exemption.
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