Morphine Prince 109,683 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has reversed course on whether federal law banning sex discrimination in the workplace provides protections for transgender employees, saying in a memo that it does not. The memo sent to U.S. Attorneys' offices on Wednesday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions says Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 only prohibits discrimination on the basis of a worker's biological sex, and not their gender identity. Sessions rescinded a Justice Department memo from 2014 that said Title VII does protect transgender people, a position also taken by several federal appeals courts in recent years. It was the Trump administration's latest move to roll back Obama administration policies on LGBT issues. In August, President Donald Trump signed a memo directing the U.S. military not to accept transgender men and women as recruits, reversing a policy that allowed transgender people to serve openly. And last month, the Justice Department appeared before a federal appeals court in Manhattan to argue that Title VII does not provide protections to gay and lesbian workers. The Democratic National Committee criticized Wednesday's memo in a statement, and urged Congress to pass a law explicitly protecting LGBT workers from discrimination. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-anti-bias-law-does-not-protect-transgender-154922128.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic 20,830 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Oh how wonderful. That's really pleasant to hear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBEY 57,109 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Another step back for the US Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHolland 12,725 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 President Trump is scum To the members here who support this administration, hope you’re happy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey 3,017 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Department of Justice spokesman Devin O'Malley said in a statement on Thursday that the government could not expand the law beyond what Congress had intended. Can someone more familiar with American legislation tell me if he's right or not, in the legal sense? In 1964, I doubt Congress was thinking of transgender people when they put that in. But why challenge the decision? "I am the world's greatest person that does not want to let people into the country."—US President Donald J. Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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