U.S. Supreme Court endorses gay, transgender worker protections

Re:U.S. Supreme Court endorses gay, transgender worker prote... by pdonis on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:20PM (#23530020)

> The court here isn’t necessarily creating legislation but rather are making the judgment/interpretation that “sex” does include sexual orientation.

No, the majority opinion is not doing that. It is not arguing that "sex" includes "sexual orientation". It is arguing that, in order to discriminate based on sexual orientation (or transgender), you have to also discriminate based on sex.

The dissents disagree with that argument. But both sides agree that "sex" does not include "sexual orientation"; they are distinct concepts.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court endorses gay, transgender worker prote... by j0hnml on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:56PM (#23530599)

Thanks for the clarification. I read Kavanaugh’s dissent instead of the Court’s opinion, so I made a wrong assumption. You are correct, they aren’t making the argument I was thinking they were.

With that said, I still think that this is far from the Judiciary system amending legislation.

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