Cenk Uygur
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Trump Administration: Rights Law Doesn't Protect Gays
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July 29, 2017
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12:23Now PlayingTrump’s DOJ is reversing an Obama era rule that protects LGBTQ+ employees from employers who want to discriminate against them. Cenk Uygur, Grace Baldridge, and Aida Rodriguez, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“The Justice Department has filed court papers arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.
The department’s move to insert itself into a federal case in New York was an unusual example of top officials in Washington intervening in court in what is an important but essentially private dispute between a worker and his boss over gay rights issues.
“The sole question here is whether, as a matter of law, Title VII reaches sexual orientation discrimination,” the Justice Department said in a friend-of-the-court brief, citing the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination in the workplace based on “race, color, religion, sex or national origin.” “It does not, as has been settled for decades. Any efforts to amend Title VII’s scope should be directed to Congress rather than the courts.”
The department filed its brief on Wednesday, the same day President Trump announced on Twitter that transgender people would be banned from serving in the military, raising concerns among civil rights activists that the Trump administration was trying to undermine lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights won under previous administrations.”
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Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Grace Baldridge, Aida Rodriguez
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Grace Baldridge, Aida Rodriguez
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