> The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law [Civil Rights Act of 1964] protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination,

> The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law [Civil Rights Act of 1964] protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination, handing the movement for L.G.B.T. equality a stunning victory. > “An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law,” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote for the majority in the 6-to-3 ruling. > Until Monday’s decision, it was legal in more than half the states to fire workers for being gay, bisexual or transgender. The vastly consequential decision extended workplace protections to millions of people across the nation, continuing a series of Supreme Court victories for gay rights even after President Trump transformed the court with two appointments. > “After today’s decision,” Justice Alito wrote, “plaintiffs may claim that the failure to use their preferred pronoun violates one of the federal laws prohibiting sex discrimination.” > “Although the court does not want to think about the consequences of its decision, we will not be able to avoid those issues for long,” he concluded “The entire federal judiciary will be mired for years in disputes about the reach of the court’s reasoning.” > Justice Gorsuch responded that the court’s ruling was narrow. “We do not purport to address bathrooms, locker rooms or anything else of the kind,” he wrote. “Whether other policies and practices might or might not qualify as unlawful discrimination or find justifications under other provisions of Title VII are questions for future cases, not these.” > He added that Title VII itself included protections for religious employers and that a separate federal law and the First Amendment also allow religious groups latitude in their employment decisions. Background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 The ruling: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf For those who have trouble with the link: https://web.archive.org/web/20200615230511/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/gay-transgender-workers-supreme-court.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200615230511/https://www.nytim...