{"id":40164,"date":"2020-06-15T10:55:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T17:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40164"},"modified":"2020-06-15T10:55:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T17:55:20","slug":"a-big-win-for-lgbtq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/15\/a-big-win-for-lgbtq\/","title":{"rendered":"A BIG Win for LGBTQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I learned that the Supreme Court, dominated by the five Injustices of SCROTUS (Republican  anti-Constitutional VD) would be deciding the legality of discriminating against LGBTQ citizens in the workplace, I was sure of the outcome.  Much to my surprise, the decision was a big win for LGBTQ!<\/font><\/p>\n

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Gay and transgender employees cannot be fired from their jobs solely because of their LGBT status, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.<\/p>\n

The court found for the first time that federal civil rights law prohibiting workplace discrimination on the basis of sex also protects employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.<\/p>\n

“An employer who discriminates against homosexual or transgender employees necessarily and intentionally applies sex-based rules,” the court found.<\/p>\n

The 6-to-3 ruling, led by Justice Neil Gorsuch, largely turned on the meaning of the word “sex” within Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it unlawful for an employer to “discriminate against any individual” because of their sex.<\/p>\n

There was little dispute that Congress did not intend to protect LGBT employees when it passed that landmark civil rights-era legislation. But over 50 years later, lawyers at the hight [sic<\/em>] court tussled over whether sex-based protections must include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity by consequence.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration intervened in the case<\/a> with a brief arguing that terminating gay or lesbian employees wouldn’t constitute discrimination under Title VII because affected workers of both genders “would be similarly situated\u2014and they would be treated the same.”\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Please click through.  The article is well worth the read.<\/font><\/p>\n

Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination<\/a><\/p>\n