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| CHEERLEADING ON THE SIDELINES | 6 days ago · The Equality Act guarantees explicit, permanent protections for LGBTQ people under our nation’s existing civil rights laws, expanding the Civil Rights Act of and the Fair Housing Act and. 6 days ago · The Equality Act and the complementary Juror Non-Discrimination Act seek to bar attorneys from rejecting prospective jurors simply because they are LGBTQ. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal. Feb 22, · The gender identity agenda thus opposes gay, lesbian, and bisexual rights by encouraging gender transition instead of “coming out” as gay . |
| Equal Rights for the Gay Community | 5 days ago · In a landmark decision in June, the Supreme Court ruled that the civil rights law protects gay and transgender people from workplace discrimination, and that the language of the law, which. 1 day ago · With two different proposals — the Equality Act and the Fairness for All Act — now pending before Congress, supporters have different options to pursue regarding LGBTQ civil rights . 6 days ago · The Equality Act guarantees explicit, permanent protections for LGBTQ people under our nation’s existing civil rights laws, expanding the Civil Rights Act of and the Fair Housing Act and. |
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If passed, the law would explicitly provide protections to LGBTQ people across key areas, including employment, housing, education, public accommodations and federally funded programs. But one provision in the bill could also have a big impact on how the gay community interacts with the American legal system.
That means a litigator can make sure a lesbian plaintiff in a discrimination suit has an all-straight jury. And a prosecutor can pre-emptively strike an LGBTQ juror from a case involving a transgender defendant.
Efforts to pass a federal law have failed at least four times, most recently in Last ffor Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N. Y, introduced the Juror Non-Discrimination Act ofa standalone bill that could make sexual orientation and gender identity protected categories in jury selection even if the Equality Act fails to cross the finish line. Reinhardt of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals stopped Abbott Laboratories from dismissing a gay man from the jury.
If accused of striking someone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, trial lawyers can always deny doing so and come up with another reason within the law.
In the Abbott Laboratories case, attorneys for the company never gave a rationale for their peremptory Cmmunity. It was Reinhardt who decided the reason was because one juror had mentioned his male partner during voir dire. But the fight is personal for Jones. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.
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