Justice Department Argues Landmark Civil Rights Law Doesn't Protect Gay People
Justice Department Argues Landmark Civil Rights Law Doesn’t Protect Gay People
Advocacy groups swiftly condemned the DOJ filing, which landed the day President Donald Trump banned transgender people from military service.
By Nick Visser 07/26/2017 11:01 pm ET
The Department of Justice argued in a legal brief on Wednesday that the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 offers no protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation, a position advocacy groups condemned as “shameful” and “politically driven.”
“In one fell swoop, Trump’s DOJ has provided a roadmap for dismantling years of federal protections and declared that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people may no longer be protected by landmark civil rights laws such as the Fair Housing Act, Title IX, or Title VII,” Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement.
The American Civil Liberties Union called the DOJ position “one more gratuitous and extraordinary attack on LGBT people’s civil rights,” and said it would defend Americans’ rights in the courts.
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