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U.S. court rules 1964 civil rights law protects LGBT workers from bias
Reuters ^ | April 5, 2017 | by Joseph Ax

Posted on 04/05/2017 6:57:21 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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Hell in a hand basket.
1 posted on 04/05/2017 6:57:21 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Immediate impeachment is REQUIRED.


2 posted on 04/05/2017 7:01:28 AM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But any bias directed toward Christians will not be covered by the law.


3 posted on 04/05/2017 7:01:32 AM PDT by Right Brother
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People have the natural right to freedom of association. Whether or not being racist makes someone an a-hole is a different question than whether free individuals have an inherent right to be a-holes if that is their choice.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 needs to be revisited, because it grossly overstepped the boundaries of government power by prohibiting individual action.

Laws against racism and discrimination should be exclusively about limiting government power to discriminate and/and or force segregation with regard to the government policies, law enforcement, government institutions and facilities. The injustices of the Jim Crow era were legally enforced by the government, and the Jim Crow era laws needed to be eliminated.

But free individuals have a right to choose with whom they will or will not associate. If society wants to impose sanctions on racist a-holes, that's fine, as long as it's done socially (i.e. boycotts and shunning) and not legally.

Much of the government over reach we have seen in the past 50 years is due to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 being commandeered by the left to limit the rights of the people relating to pretty much all private activity, instead of being limited to curtailing the powers of the government.

If black people want to live exclusively with black people at private colleges, that is their right if the college chooses to adopt that policy. But that same right also must be recognized for all other races and ethnic groups as well.

4 posted on 04/05/2017 7:03:32 AM PDT by Maceman (Let's ban Muslims temporarily -- just until non-Muslims can freely practice their religions in Mecca)
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I have a lawyer friend whose stock phrase is: “We are a nation of laws, not men.” Of course, that is hard to justify when unelected Judges clearly make up the law as they go along.


5 posted on 04/05/2017 7:07:05 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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I have a lawyer friend whose stock phrase is: “We are a nation of laws, not men.” Of course, that is hard to justify when unelected Judges clearly make up the law as they go along.


6 posted on 04/05/2017 7:07:10 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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These judges have modified law, expanding it to cover behaviors.


7 posted on 04/05/2017 7:09:31 AM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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That’s it!

According to the courts the 1964 civil rights law finally protects everyone on earth.

With the exception of normal, white, heterosexual, law abiding, constitution loving, Christian and Jewish American citizens.


8 posted on 04/05/2017 7:10:43 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best long term prep for conservatives: Have big families & out-breed the illegals & muslims.)
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These special cutouts would be ended if businesses and government were no longer able to use the Democrat societal divisions. If we no longer asked race, religion, sex, sexual preference, or any other question that did not specifically relate to the performance of a task or position for which one is applying, then the power of division dies as does their ability to play the victim card.


9 posted on 04/05/2017 7:11:21 AM PDT by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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“protect from bias” = “obligated to promote and endorse”

When did shutting up go away as an option for bedroom behavior?

Most homosexuals were sexually molested as children.

They now want their behavior normalized to attain better access to molest your children.


10 posted on 04/05/2017 7:12:18 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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I guess our Constitution is not enough coverage for these queers.


11 posted on 04/05/2017 7:13:32 AM PDT by laweeks
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 needs to be revisited repealed,

Any law that allows the victim to define the crime must be repealed.

12 posted on 04/05/2017 7:14:36 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '18.)
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What protects conservatives from LBGT ‘bias’ in the workplace?

(I mean it- once they get into management, only liberals are hired/promoted. I’ve gone to interviews where -out of the blue- a comment was made about how wonderful some liberal icon was... and then the interview abruptly ended when I did not fawn over them too)


13 posted on 04/05/2017 7:15:24 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF OBAMACARE REPEAL THAT IS WORSE THAN KEEPING IT ONE MORE DAY***)
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Everybody has always been protected by it. Just not based on self assigned criteria before. This ruling ought to be overturned and the judges who ruled on it should be ashamed. It is new legislation, and poor legislation at that.


14 posted on 04/05/2017 7:19:20 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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I was thinking about the government part. Wouldn’t they still say it’s the state’s government? For example, if it was a school, was the federal government involved then? You’re saying that the government can’t tell employers who they can hire, but the government places, such as public transportation can’t discriminate.


15 posted on 04/05/2017 7:24:22 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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Specifically mentioned? Bah. Who needs that when we have emanations of the penumbra?

A complete tear-down and re-build of our judicial system is required at this point. The entrenched folks don't have a clue how to do their jobs.
16 posted on 04/05/2017 7:27:09 AM PDT by Antoninus ("The Western world has lost its civil courage, both as a whole and separately." -Solzhenitsyn)
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Never mind, they were unconstitutional so that would make the state’s not be able to do it.


17 posted on 04/05/2017 7:38:53 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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Behavior is NOT the same as ancestry.

But logic is wasted on liberals and progressives.


18 posted on 04/05/2017 7:42:59 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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"In its 8-3 decision, the court bucked decades of rulings that gay people are not protected by the milestone civil rights law, because they are not specifically mentioned in it."

But now this ruling will be hailed as "settled law."
19 posted on 04/05/2017 8:10:28 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully,Knowing this that the law wa snot made for the righteous person,but for the lawless,and insubordinate,for the ungodly,and for sinners,for the unholy and profane,for murderers of father,and murderers of mothers,for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites,for kidnappers for liars,for perjurers,and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to me.” 1 Timothy 1:9-11. Now for those unbelievers who claim the “sacred Writings” have no place in American Government or Law— Both Blackstone (Commentaries on the Laws of England ) and John Locke (Of Civil Government book 2 ) two of the three most cited European thinkers during our founding era. Human laws must be made according to the general Laws of Nature,and without contradiction to any positive Law of Scripture ,otherwise they are ill made.”John Locke
In 1905 Justice David Brewer wrote the opinion of the US supreme Court The Constitution is a written instrument,as such it’s meaning does not alter.That which it meant when it was adopted -it means Now.” That reflects what we were taught in public school in the 60’s the law as it was adopted is law. There is No agreement if one party breaks the agreed on document.
Thus the 1964 Civil Rights Act did NOT include sexual perversion/Sexual Orientation as a protected class for a very good Reason . As late as Romer v. Evans the US supreme Court understood that homosexuality is NOT a protected class. The Court still erred in their striking down Colorado Law. But they understood there is No law declaring sexual orientation protected. Seems our Judiciary is truly broken beyond repair Hell in a hand basket.If I were to write the end for the Book of Judges today I could write There was NO law in America,in those days,and every Man/woman /or ? did what was right in their own eyes.”But No man can rewrite Scripture— and No man can justify saying laws adopted in 1964 mean something other than what is clearly written.


20 posted on 04/05/2017 8:51:17 AM PDT by StonyBurk (ring)
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