Trump judge orders lawyers to take ‘religious-liberty training’ from Christian ‘hate group’

A federal judge has ordered lawyers for Southwest Airlines to take “religious-liberty training” from a right-wing Christian legal group.

District judge Brantley Starr issued an order on Monday (7 August) that directs three senior Southwest lawyers to take eight hours of “religious-liberty training” as part of court-ordered sanctions in an employment law case.

The Texas judge described the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), who have been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), as “an esteemed non-profit organisation… dedicated to preserving free speech and religious freedom”.