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This seems to have slipped under the wire yesterday. So its not just trans people under fire from the Trump WH yesterday. Apparently gay people in general as well. I'm sensing a theme.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/...ederal_law_doesn_t_protect_gay_employees.html
Edit -Yeah, Huffington post just mentioned it 6 hours ago. So the trans ban, and gay civil rights argument on the same day.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5979422de4b02a4ebb72e45d/amp
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/...ederal_law_doesn_t_protect_gay_employees.html
Trump Administration Argues Federal Civil Rights Law Does Not Protect Gay Employees
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not prohibit discrimination against gay and bisexual employees. The DOJs brief was not solicited by the court or any party to the case. Rather, in an unusual move, the Trump administration elected to weigh in with an aggressively anti-gay stance, arguing that gay Americans have no protection against workplace discrimination under federal law. Its decision is unsurprising in light of Attorney General Jeff Sessions vigorous opposition to LGBTQ rights.
Edit -Yeah, Huffington post just mentioned it 6 hours ago. So the trans ban, and gay civil rights argument on the same day.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5979422de4b02a4ebb72e45d/amp
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