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Federal civil rights law protects gay workers, U.S. appeals court rules
Federal civil rights law protects gay workers, U.S. appeals court ruleshttps://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/federal-civil-rights-law-protects-gay-works-u-s-appeals-n851231
A U.S. appeals court in Manhattan on Monday ruled that a federal law banning sex bias in the workplace also prohibits discrimination against gay employees, becoming only the second court to do so.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overruled prior decisions and said that a worker’s sex is necessarily a factor in discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The ruling went against a court brief filed by the Trump administration in 2017 that said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was not intended to provide protections to gay workers.
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