{"id":4491,"date":"2017-07-26T18:57:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T01:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:34:53","slug":"news-july-26-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/news-july-26-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"News – July 26, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

News – July 26, 2017<\/p>\n

Wednesday, July 26, 2017<\/p>\n

5:46 PM<\/p>\n

So this happened\u2026<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/dominicholden\/the-justice-department-just-argued-against-gay-rights-in-a<\/a><\/p>\n\n

The US Justice Department on Wednesday argued in a major federal lawsuit that a 1964 civil rights law doesn\u2019t protect gay workers from discrimination, thereby diverging from a separate, autonomous federal agency that had supported the gay plaintiff\u2019s case.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s filing is unusual in part because the Justice Department isn\u2019t a party in the case, and the department doesn\u2019t typically weigh in on private employment lawsuits.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But in an amicus brief filed at the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, lawyers under Attorney General Jeff Sessions contend that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans sex discrimination, does not cover sexual orientation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

"The sole question here is whether, as a matter of law, Title VII reaches sexual orientation discrimination," says the Justice Department’s brief. "It does not, as has been settled for decades. Any efforts to amend Title VII\u2019s scope should be directed to Congress rather than the courts."<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Justice Department also contends that Title VII only applies if men and women are treated unequally.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/dominicholden\/the-justice-department-just-argued-against-gay-rights-in-a?utm_term=.de7WeyYN3<\/a>><\/p>\n

I love<\/em> that they’re like "Don’t worry. Everything’s probably<\/em> going to be fine" at the end.<\/p>\n

It’s great to say that. It’s great to say "Don’t panic." But what I really want to see is some true education.<\/p>\n

Crazy shit is going on. I would prefer a clear, concise explanation of what stuff is being messed up, what stuff to ignore as fluff, and what we as voters can do to fix the various situations cropping up.<\/p>\n

I’m tired of stressing out, then being told not to worry.<\/p>\n

I worry because I’m human. I worry because I care about my fellow humans.<\/p>\n

It just sucks that things in the federal government are currently going to crap.<\/p>\n

-HarperWCK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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