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Post by beth on Apr 5, 2017 19:16:12 GMT -5
Appeals court: Existing law bans anti-gay discrimination
federal appeals court has ruled that federal law on the books for more than half a century protects gays and lesbians from discrimination in the workplace.
The full bench of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 8-3 on Tuesday to overrule a series of prior decisions that held that a prohibition on sex discrimination did not extend to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Five of the eight justices in the court's majority were Republican appointees — a startling development that reflected the dramatic advances of gay rights in the legal system in recent years.
Writing for the court's majority, Judge Diane Wood concluded that bias against gays and lesbians amounts to gender discrimination because it treats individuals differently on account of their sex and their failure to conform to gender stereotypes.
"A policy that discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation does not affect every woman, or every man, but it is based on assumptions about the proper behavior for someone of a given sex," Wood wrote.
more
www.politico.com/story/2017/04/gay-discrimination-law-ruling-236892
federal appeals court has ruled that federal law on the books for more than half a century protects gays and lesbians from discrimination in the workplace.
The full bench of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 8-3 on Tuesday to overrule a series of prior decisions that held that a prohibition on sex discrimination did not extend to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Five of the eight justices in the court's majority were Republican appointees — a startling development that reflected the dramatic advances of gay rights in the legal system in recent years.
Writing for the court's majority, Judge Diane Wood concluded that bias against gays and lesbians amounts to gender discrimination because it treats individuals differently on account of their sex and their failure to conform to gender stereotypes.
"A policy that discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation does not affect every woman, or every man, but it is based on assumptions about the proper behavior for someone of a given sex," Wood wrote.
more
www.politico.com/story/2017/04/gay-discrimination-law-ruling-236892
