SCOTUS: Civil Rights Act protects LGBT workers

Excellent decision and a wonderful day for our LGBT+ friends!

About time.

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Common sense to me. If you wouldn't fire a woman for being married to a man, why would you fire a man for being married to a man unless it was because of the sex of the people being married.

Another step away from an American theocracy and towards the principle of equality before the law.

I don't know why anyone would want to see LGBT people fired simply because of their sexual identity, taking away their means to care for themselves. It just doesn't make any sense to me. The SCOTUS did the right thing under the law.

6-3 including one Trump justice who wrote the majority.

Religious conservatives... you got played if the Supreme Court is your reason for voting Trump.

essentialsaltes said:

6-3 including one Trump justice in the majority.

Religious conservatives... you got played if the Supreme Court is your reason for voting Trump.

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I don't agree that anyone got played, hear what Colorado Republican leaders said about Gorsuch. If anyone got played it's because they weren't paying attention.

A joint statement from U.S. Reps. Scott Tipton, Mike Coffman, Doug Lamborn, and Ken Buck, all Republicans representing Colorado -- “The nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court is welcome news. Judge Gorsuch’s record in the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit shows that he will defend the original intent of our Founding Fathers and preserve the fundamental rights of Americans protected by the Constitution. It will be great to see a Coloradan serve on the country’s highest court, and considering he was confirmed for his current position by voice vote in the U.S. Senate in 2006, we encourage our Colorado colleagues in the U.S. Senate to support Judge Gorsuch’s swift confirmation.”

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/...e-saying-in-colorado-about-trumps-choice.html

That's exactly what his vote has done here.

Hank77 said:

I don't agree that anyone got played

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OK, maybe I should have said "Christian theocrats"

People who thought Trump would nominate justices who automatically put 'the Bible' before the Constitution should be disappointed.

essentialsaltes said:

People who thought Trump would nominate justices who automatically put 'the Bible' before the Constitution should be disappointed.

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As I said, if they got played it was because they weren't paying attention.

imo, there are very few judges of this caliber that will ignore the Constitution in order to please others or themselves.

essentialsaltes said:

OK, maybe I should have said "Christian theocrats"

People who thought Trump would nominate justices who automatically put 'the Bible' before the Constitution should be disappointed.

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To be fair, this isn't a Constitutional matter, it's straight up statutory interpretation. I haven't read the dissents yet, but I really think this should have been a 9-0 case. Lets see if I find the dissent persuasive at all.

Arcangl86 said:

To be fair, this isn't a Constitutional matter, it's straight up statutory interpretation. I haven't read the dissents yet, but I really think this should have been a 9-0 case. Lets see if I find the dissent persuasive at all.

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Opinion of the Court
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf

Arcangl86 said:

Lets see if I find the dissent persuasive at all.

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Favorite line from Alito's dissent: "The Court’s opinion is like a pirate ship."

Hank77 said:

Opinion of the Court
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf

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Oh I have it booked marked, I just haven't had time to sit down and read 40 pages of angry ranting.

Hank77 said:

Opinion of the Court
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf

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The oyez page for the case, (hear oral arguments),
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essentialsaltes said:

6-3 including one Trump justice who wrote the majority.

Religious conservatives... you got played if the Supreme Court is your reason for voting Trump.

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Voting for a man that promises to appoint ideologues can only take you so far. It's very, very difficult to convince a university educated person, whether conservative or liberal, that discrimination based on sexual orientation really fits with the ideals enshrined in liberal democracies.

The dissenting justices also probably rely on some legal tomfoolery. Somebody like Justice Thomas, for instance, probably doesn't believe the Constitution gives the federal government the power in the first place.

essentialsaltes said:

6-3 including one Trump justice who wrote the majority.

Religious conservatives... you got played if the Supreme Court is your reason for voting Trump.

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I just went to the gutter of the Internet, the comment section of WND.com. The comments there are funny (if you like Schadenfreude):
"Everyone on the conservative side celebrated Trumps SCOTUS picks, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, so far they are both suspect and appear to be closet liberals."

"Sad. If this is true. I bought me a maga hat, I will not be wearing it. What will be the use in voting for him, if he is going to pick liberals."

"These damn treasonous justices need to go."

"I knew Trump’s picks would be activists.

Wait for Single payer option next 4 years

Socialized medicine by Trump"


"So Kavanaugh, Roberts and Gorsuch are now officially part of the kangaroo court of fools."

The court is NOT conservative! When Gorsuch and Roberts were appointed to the court conservative Christians said it was a setback! That was proven by their vote in this case! Trump is PRO homosexual and that is very definitely wrong and very destructive!"

TLK Valentine said:

Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules



Score one for common sense.

Thoughts?

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So it’s illegal to fire a crossdresser, lesbian, or homosexual because of their “orientation.” Meanwhile people are losing their jobs for saying things like “all lives matter” or disagreeing with the BLM movement in general. What a crazy world.