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The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will reconsider whether existing civil rights law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.<\/p>\n7th Circuit to Reconsider Whether the Civil Rights Act Prohibits\u00a0Anti-Gay Discrimination\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will reconsider whether existing civil rights law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.<\/p>\n
The court previously found in July that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not prohibit anti-gay<\/a> discrimination.<\/p>\n BuzzFeed reports:<\/a><\/p>\n The issue, raised in Kimberly Hively’s case at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, is whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects lesbian<\/a>, gay<\/a>, and bisexual<\/a> workers from discrimination under its ban on sex<\/a> discrimination in the workplace.<\/p>\n The question is one that has been percolating in the lower courts in recent years, but this will be the first time a full federal appeals court is due to consider the issue en banc<\/i> in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of marriage equality in June 2015.<\/p>\n This summer, a three-judge panel of the court ruled<\/a> against Hively, extending prior decisions of the appeals court declining to protect gay<\/a> people under Title VII.<\/p>\n The court’s ruling from July has been vacated by the en banc ruling.<\/p>\n Image via BuzzFeed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The post 7th Circuit to Reconsider Whether the Civil Rights Act Prohibits Anti-Gay Discrimination <\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Image](\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sub-buzz-4378-1476212851-1.png?resize=625%2C696\")
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