The Supreme Court has just ruled that LGBT employees who have been fired for being LGBT can sue their employers:
BREAKING: 6-3 SCOTUS holds that workplace non-discrimination laws apply to employees fired based on LGBTQ status. Stay tuned – more opinion(s) still coming this morning. #SCOTUS We're live on @FoxNews @AmericaNewsroom
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) June 15, 2020
BREAKING: In historic decision, Supreme Court rules Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, also applies to gay or transgender people. https://t.co/3wdSiwZo2K
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 15, 2020
Here’s a little more:
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the key federal law prohibiting discrimination in the workplace protects gay, lesbian or transgender employees from being disciplined or fired based on their sexual orientation.
Two of the court’s Republican appointees, Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts, joined the court’s Democratic appointees to deliver the surprising, 6-3 victory to LGBT advocates.
Writing for the court’s majority, Gorsuch accepted arguments that the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s prohibition on sex discrimination in employment also effectively banned bias based on sexual orientation or gender identity, even though few if any members of Congress thought they were doing that at the time.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh dissented from the ruling.
