USCCB: Supreme Court Has Redefined the Meaning of Sex
WASHINGTON, D.C. The president of the U.S. bishops conference on Monday lamented the U.S. Supreme Court s decision in a case that considered whether federal civil rights law considers sexual identity and gender identity to be covered by laws prohibiting employment discrimination based upon sex.
I am deeply concerned that the U.S. Supreme Court has effectively redefined the legal meaning of sex in our nation s civil rights law. This is an injustice that will have implications in many areas of life, Archbishop Jose Gomez said in a June 15 statement.
The Supreme Court ruled June 15 that employers cannot fire workers because of their sexual orientation or self-determined gender identity, even while dissenting justices opined the Court was legislating from the bench.