Republican AGs Sue USDA Because Food Assistance Programs Can’t Discriminate Against LGBTQ Recipients

The Texas Tribune reports:

Ken Paxton and more than 20 other attorneys general are challenging the federal Food and Nutrition Service’s new policy that recipients of food assistance funds update their nondiscrimination policies to protect LGBTQ people.

Paxton and his counterparts claim the guidance issued by the USDA is “unlawful” because states were not consulted and did not have an opportunity to provide feedback, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

They also argue that the USDA is misinterpreting the Supreme Court case Bostock v. Clayton County, which extended sexual discrimination in the workplace to include discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton is among the more than 20 AGs suing the USDA over a requirement to add LGBTQ protections to nondiscrimination policies https://t.co/97LcymTFqb

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