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Title: Justice Department Says Rights Law Doesn’t Protect Gays
Post by: itsApril on July 27, 2017, 10:58:18 PM
Post by: itsApril on July 27, 2017, 10:58:18 PM
Lost in the shuffle of today's news about Trump's tweets attacking trans people in the military:
Justice Department Says Rights Law Doesn't Protect Gays
New York Times
By ALAN FEUERJULY 27, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/nyregion/justice-department-gays-workplace.html
The Justice Department has filed court papers arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.
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The department filed its brief on Wednesday, the same day President Trump announced on Twitter that transgender people would be banned from serving in the military, raising concerns among civil rights activists that the Trump administration was trying to undermine lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights won under previous administrations.
Justice Department Says Rights Law Doesn't Protect Gays
New York Times
By ALAN FEUERJULY 27, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/nyregion/justice-department-gays-workplace.html
The Justice Department has filed court papers arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.
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The department filed its brief on Wednesday, the same day President Trump announced on Twitter that transgender people would be banned from serving in the military, raising concerns among civil rights activists that the Trump administration was trying to undermine lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights won under previous administrations.