Supreme Court: LGBTQ Employment Discrimination Is Illegal

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🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The vote was 6-3 with conservatives Chief Justice John Roberts and Neil Gorsuch joining the court's four liberal justices in the majority. "In Title VII, Congress adopted broad language making it illegal for an employer to rely on an employee's sex when deciding to fire that employee," the court held in Monday's decision. "We do not hesitate to recognize today a necessary consequence of that legislative choice: an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law."

In this episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and national Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

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0:00.0	Good day! This is Jason on my farm in the beautiful South Island of New Zealand.
0:07.0	This podcast was recorded at...
0:10.0	207 pm on Wednesday, June 15th.
0:14.0	Now it's time for me to rattle my dags and get these sheep shorn.
0:19.0	Enjoy the show!
0:24.0	I don't know!
0:25.0	Rattle my what did he say?
0:27.0	I don't... I... the sheep talk? I don't know.
0:30.0	Can I be transported magically to New Zealand right now?
0:33.0	Little known fact about me, I do a regular segment on New Zealand Public Radio,
0:37.0	so shout out to all my New Zealand people.
0:39.0	Wow!
0:40.0	Hey there! It's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis. I cover Congress.
0:45.0	I'm Franco Ordoniaz. I cover the White House.
0:47.0	And I'm Carrie Johnson. I cover the Justice Department.
0:50.0	And today, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3.
0:53.0	That the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination based on race, religion,
0:58.0	national origin, and sex, protects gay and transgender workers.
1:03.0	28 states lack comprehensive employment protection for LGBTQ people.
1:08.0	And this decision recognizes that they are protected under existing federal law.
1:13.0	Carrie, how big of a deal is this ruling?
1:15.0	This is a major, major victory described as sweeping by advocates.
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