A slew of bills are rollg back recently won eedoms for gay people. Is Ameri ready to fight for LGBTQ+ rights all over aga?
Contents:
- GAY RIGHTS ARE CIVIL RIGHTS
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
- THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
GAY RIGHTS ARE CIVIL RIGHTS
The Supreme Court says you n’t be fired for beg gay or transgenr. * gay rights yes or no *
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Supreme Court says you n’t be fired for beg gay or Freeman for The New York TimThe Edorial BoardThe edorial board is a group of opn journalists whose views are rmed by expertise, rearch, bate and certa longstandg valu. It is separate om the an emphatic w for civil rights, equal jtice and mon sense, the Supreme Court led on Monday that feral law bars employers om firg workers for beg lbian, gay, bisexual or vote was 6 to 3. ” And “an employer who fir an dividual for beg homosexual or transgenr fir that person for tras or actns would not have qutned members of a different sex, ” Jtice Gorsuch wrote.
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
”In separate s nsolidated for argument, three platiffs — two gay men and a transgenr woman — had sued their employers for firg them after learng of their sexual orientatn or transgenr do not matter, the urt said, whether the employer might have had addnal reasons for the firg.
” In short, this particular victory for gay rights was based not on the fundamental equaly or digny of gay and transgenr Amerins, as prev Supreme Court cisns have been; was based on the meang of a sgle opn also hts at a potentially ser obstacle on the horizon: claims by employers that beg prohibed om discrimatg agast gay and transgenr workers vlat their relig nvictns.
THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
Such claims are likely to fd a sympathetic ear among this Supreme Court’s nservative majory, which has repeatedly voted to protect if not promote relign and relig now, however, Monday’s cisn is a victory to savor, the next major step a le of gay rights cisns stretchg back nearly a quarter century, and until now wrten solely by Jtice Anthony Kennedy. Although he disagreed wh the majory’s opn, he wrote: “It is appropriate to acknowledge the important victory achieved today by gay and lbian Amerins.