JUST IN: US Supreme Court says it will decide whether existing civil rights laws ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, a question that has divided the nation's lower courts. - PeteWilliamsNBC
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether existing civil rights laws ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, a question that has divided the nation's lower courts.
The cases accepted Monday reflect the split among federal courts. Two appeals courts ruled that employers violated Title VII by firing gay and transgender employees. A third said civil rights laws don't cover sexual orientation. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concluded in 2015 that Title VII does protect against LGBT job discrimination. The Obama Justice Department took the same position, but under President Trump it reversed course, opposing that conclusion.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said a woman who worked for a Michigan funeral home was impermissably fired two weeks after she told her employer she was transgender. Her employer said she did not follow the dress code, but the court said transgender discrimination is prohibited by Title VII.
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