(June 6, 2018 at 5:17 pm)johan Wrote:(June 6, 2018 at 4:54 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Federal appeals courts (and the supreme court) have ruled otherwise. It was a big hullabaloo for both sides, one with an audible sigh of relief..and the other moaning about teh gays having become a protected class...which, ofc, means that they can;t be freely discriminated against anymore.Source? I couldn't find any reference to that. I know there have been some SCOTUS rulings on gay rights, but I've not seen where those rulings have specifically called out that sexual orientation is now a protected class under the civil rights act.
You'll find it contained in their ruling on DOMA.
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