Supreme Court's Landmark LGBTQ Employment Decision Is Even Bigger Than Marriage Equality

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June 15, 2020 1:14PM ET
Supreme Court’s Landmark LGBTQ Employment Decision Is Even Bigger Than Marriage Equality
It’s a game changer that could have reverberations in everything from education to housing
By David S. Cohen


Even in the middle of a resurging pandemic, it’s important to remember that good things still exist. Today, the Supreme Court gave us that reminder in the form of a 6-3 decision that LGBTQ people are protected against employment discrimination.

To get colloquial for a second here — this is huge. When the Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that states could not ban same-sex marriage, it was a momentous step for equality. However, that ruling only applied to those gay and lesbian people who wanted to marry. For countless reasons, many LGBTQ folks will not want to marry over the course of their lives, so the 2015 decision, while symbolically important to all LGBTQ people, was only practically relevant to a subset.

Not today’s decision. Why? Because virtually every LGBTQ person will work over the course of their lifetime. And after today, every one of those people will work knowing that they are protected under federal law against being treated differently because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Today’s decision is an unequivocal GOOD THING because it is a sea change for equality.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/supreme-court-decision-lgbtq-employment-scotus-1015243/

[Maraya1969]

1. Maybe I'm wrong but it looks like that "Samaritan's Purse" requirement that everyone sign a paper

saying something like, "Gays are bad" is now illegal?

I realize it is a church charity but doesn't the employee applications fall under the law?