companies urge Supreme Court to make ‘sexual orientation,’ ‘gender identity’ protected classes
More than 200 corporations have signed an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to interpret the meaning of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ’s prohibition against “sex” discrimination to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” While many of the corporate signatories are household names, the brief was originated and authored by attorneys representing the interests of high-powered LGBT activist groups, including the Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal, Out Leadership, Out and Equal, and Freedom for All Americans. Lambda Legal transgender lawyer accused a Wedding Cake maker of discrimination the day the courts said he had not discriminated in another cake story. Bullies. Among the 206 companies who agreed to sign the LGBT activist-originated brief are: Airbnb, Amazon, American Express, American Airlines, Apple, Bank of America, Ben & Jerry’s, Best Buy, Disney, Domino’s, Expedia, Facebook, General Motors, Google, Hilton, IKEA, Macy’s,