DOJ files amicus brief that says Title VII does not protect sexual orientation [View all]

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Updated 12:27 AM ET, Thu July 27, 2017
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DOJ says Title VII doesn't cover employment discrimination based on sexual orientation
ACLU criticizes DOJ's position as an attack on LGBT people's rights

(CNN)The Justice Department filed an amicus brief Wednesday saying that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not cover employment "discrimination based on sexual orientation."

The DOJ filed the brief in the case of Donald Zarda, who had filed suit against his former employer Altitude Express in a case that questions whether sexual orientation is included in Title VII's protections.

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The American Civil Liberties Union blasted the DOJ's position as a "gratuitous and extraordinary attack on LGBT people's civil rights."

"Fortunately, courts will decide whether the Civil Rights Act protects LGBT people, not an Attorney General and a White House that are hell-bent on playing politics with people's lives," said James Esseks, director of the ACLU's LGBT & HIV Project, in a statement. "We are confident that the courts will side with equality and the people.".........................

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/politics/doj-amicus-brief-title-vii-sexual-orientation/index.html

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Reading the rest of this, looks like this might go all the way to SC.