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LGBT protestors wait to learn the outcome of the
King v Burwell decision in front of the Supreme Court. Photo: Ted Eytan | FlickrCC. |
In an effort to change that a coalition of Democrats have
introduced a measure to amend the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include
sexual orientation as a protected class along with race, religion, and gender.
"After years under a legal
cloud, [marriage equality] is now the law of the land, but #LGBT discrimination
is allowed to flourish," New
York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the number three Democrat
in the Senate, tweeted on Wednesday.
"We
must shine a light on injustice. #LGBT
discrimination has no place in our housing, employment, and education laws,”
he said in another Tweet.
The
Equality Act of 2015 has 155 co-sponsors in Congress and is backed by many
leading businesses, including the technology powerhouse Apple. In a statement to Human Rights Campaign, the
company stated, “At
Apple we believe in equal treatment for everyone, regardless of where they come
from, what they look like, how they worship or whom they love. We fully
support the expansion of legal protections as a matter of basic human dignity.”
Supporters of the
bill are using the fact that marriage is newly legal in all 50 states as both a
springboard and justification for this next battle for the LGBT community.
There is a vast misconception that it’s illegal to discriminate against gay
people, but there
are no federal laws that set out protections for LGBT Americans.
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