Appeals court: Homosexuality is a protected class like race and sex
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a law prohibiting discrimination based on one’s sex also applies to “sexual orientation.” The case, Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc. , was over whether homosexuality is a protected class under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. But how is homosexuality a protected class when eveybody knows it is a sin. Homosexuality is not the new black, homosexuality is not a race, it is a sin. Perhaps adultery should be a protected class also? The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it is, going against the Trump administration’s plain reading of the law . “We see no principled basis for recognizing a violation of Title VII for associational discrimination based on race but not on sex,” Chief Justice Robert A. Katzmann wrote . An example of “associational discrimination” based on race would be if an employer fired a white male for marrying a black woman. The court said the same reasoning would prohibit adverse employment decisio