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Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination
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Washington (CNN)Federal civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender workers, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
The landmark ruling will extend protections to millions of workers nationwide and is a defeat for the Trump administration, which argued that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that bars discrimination based on sex did not extend to claims of gender identity and sexual orientation.
The 6-3 opinion was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's four liberal justices.
"An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids," Gorsuch wrote.
The LGBTQ community is made of up of approximately 1 million workers who identify as transgender and 7.1 million lesbian, gay and bisexual workers, according to UCLA's Williams Institute.
Twenty-two states, plus the District of Columbia have statutes protecting workers based on sexual orientation, according to the Williams Institute. Twenty-one states plus DC have statutes protecting workers from discrimination based on gender identity.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
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Re: Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination
Some REALLY good news!!!!
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| Posted 6/15/20 11:19 AM |
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Re: Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination
Posted by chilltocam
Some REALLY good news!!!!
I KNOW!
we really need some good news in this country!
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| Posted 6/15/20 11:48 AM |
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hmm
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Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination
not sure why this has to even be a law
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| Posted 6/15/20 6:12 PM |
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Re: Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination
Posted by hmm
not sure why this has to even be a law
Because some people really are judgmental, homophobic a$$holes
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| Posted 6/16/20 8:02 AM |
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Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination
When we were watching the news last night, I said "It wasn't already a law? Isn't all discrimination illegal?"
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| Posted 6/16/20 8:21 AM |
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MarathonKnitter
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Re: Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination
Posted by nycbuslady
When we were watching the news last night, I said "It wasn't already a law? Isn't all discrimination illegal?"
i felt the same way when i first heard about the cases that were being heard by the supreme court.
when someone wants to do harm, they will find the most minute loophole to make it happen. so disgusting.
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| Posted 6/16/20 10:11 AM |
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Re: Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination
Posted by nycbuslady
When we were watching the news last night, I said "It wasn't already a law? Isn't all discrimination illegal?"
No - under Federal law there are specific protected classes:
Race
Age
Color
Religion/faith
Sex
National origin or ancestry
Disability
Genetic information
Citizenship
Veteran status
In this case, the definition of "sex" was in dispute
And age is only protected if the person is over the age of 40
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