Members of Congress File Brief Urging Court to Recognize Employment Protections for LGBT Americans

by Press on August 26, 2016

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – (ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. A group of leading Members of Congress has filed an amicus brief in the case of Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, urging the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to recognize existing non-discrimination protections for LGBT Americans under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.