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The Supreme Court decision to grant protections to LGBT workers is an important expansion of the Civil Rights Act

  • Written by Julie Manning Magid, Professor of Business Law, IUPUI
imageA man waves a rainbow flag as he rides by the Supreme Court on June 15, 2020.JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images

No federal law barring discrimination against LGBT workers in hiring, promoting and firing existed in this country until this week.

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