Hearings spotlight use of religious liberty against LGBT people.

Ernesto Olivares and Evan Minton testified about the discrimination they endured as LGBTQ people (Blade photo by Michael Key).

The use of religious liberty — a right afforded fundamental protection in the United States — to assault LGBTQ rights was the focus of a congressional hearing Thursday drawing attention to faith-based adoption agencies denying child placement into LGBTQ homes.

Chairing the three-hour…