Federal Judge Strikes Down LGBTQ Protections Against Workplace Discrimination

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : His ruling declares that "all language defining 'sex' in Title VII to include 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity'" must be stripped from federal employment policy.
57% : The decision directly contradicts the Supreme Court's landmark 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which held that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is, by definition, sex discrimination.
55% : He's ruled against LGBTQ+ protections in the Affordable Care Act.
54% : Ultimately, Judge Kacsmaryk ordered the complete removal of all references to sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes under Title VII from EEOC guidance.
52% : The ruling also upheld the department's policy banning transgender employees from using restrooms that align with their gender identity.
51% : Specifically, it targets and nullifies Section II(A)(5)(c) of the 2024 EEOC guidance, which states: "Sex-based discrimination under Title VII includes employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
42% : The argument mirrors the discredited legal reasoning once used to uphold bans on same-sex marriage -- that such laws didn't discriminate against gay people because they, like straight people, were allowed to marry someone of the opposite sex.
39% : He even tried to force Planned Parenthood to pay $2 billion to Texas and Louisiana -- a ruling so outrageous that even the deeply conservative Fifth Circuit tossed it.

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