SCOTUS Ruling Opens Floodgate to Sex Orientation Discrimination Lawsuits
This past Monday the Supreme Court frustrated the rule of law and invited a tsunami of future federal employment discrimination lawsuits. In a 6-3 decision, the court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that Title VII the federal law prohibiting discrimination in employment based on sex makes it unlawful for an employer to fire an individual for being gay or transgender. Gay- and transgender-rights advocates are hailing the high court s sweeping and new interpretation of Title VII as a great victory. Catholics should be concerned about Bostock s lame reasoning and troubling implications.
The future demands of the Bostock decision raise serious questions for Catholic-run organizations. Will Catholic schools teaching their students that marriage is between a man and a woman be obliged to hire a teacher in a same-sex marriage? Will Catholic hospitals be forced to perform sex-reassignment surgeries or face stiff penalties? We will have to wait for Bostock s progeny to resolve these questions.