Stories tagged with: title vii

• FIRST PERSON: 'Seismic implications' for religious liberty, church in SCOTUS ruling

  by Russell Moore, posted Monday, June 15, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore examines implications for religious liberty and the church following the Supreme Court's Title VII ruling Monday (June 15) on gender identity and discrimination. Read More

• Religious liberty ruled no basis for transgender policy

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, March 12, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

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  CINCINNATI (BP) -- Religious freedom provides no legal basis to discipline transgender workers who violate workplace gender policies, a U.S. appeals court has ruled in a groundbreaking decision.

  The March 7 decision is the first to extend Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 to transgender individuals charging discrimination based on sexual identity, and reverses a lower court ruling that had protected the workplace under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Read More

• Civil Rights Act bans LGBT bias, circuit court says

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, April 05, 2017 (7 years ago)

  CHICAGO (BP) -- The same law that guards against workplace discrimination based on religion, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was interpreted April 4 by a U.S. appeals court to protect against bias based on sexual orientation. Read More