In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled legal gay marriage
Washington:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that federal protections against workplace discrimination also apply to sexual orientation, contrary to the position taken by the administration of President Donald Trump.
The landmark decision said that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination against employees on the basis of a person’s gender, also covers sexual orientation and transgender status.
“Today we have to decide if someone can be fired just because they are gay or transgender,” the court said. “The answer is clear.”
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activists, as well as democratic politicians and several large corporations had asked the court to state that the community was protected by law.
Andrew Cuomo, Democratic Governor of New York State, said on Twitter: “This #SCOTUS decision is a major victory for #LGBTQ rights.
“No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,” he added.
In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that legal gay marriage was a historic victory for the LGBTQ community.
But rights activists feared that President Trump’s appointment of two new Conservative Supreme Court justices could hinder further victories for their case.
Yet it was one of them, Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority decision, joining the four progressive judges of the court and Chief Justice John Roberts.
“An employer who dismisses an individual for being homosexual or transgender dismisses that person for traits or actions that he would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and indisputable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII prohibits, “Gorsuch wrote.
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