Should Title VII of the United States Code Prohibiting Sex Discrimination Be Based on Sexual Orientation An Argument

摘要

The article considers the issue of what is sex and sexual orientation discrimination andshould under the federal statute 2000 Esexual orientation be encompassed under theterm sex.The statute has long been intrepreted as directed to physical sex and not read asincluding sex orientation as an aspect of sex.The article however traces and identifies a clear trend in the federal court system ofthe United States to interpreting and includng sexual orientation or homosexualityand lesbianism within this statute’s prohibition against traditional sex discrimimation.The author holds the view that homosexuality and sexual orientation should be giventhe same and equal protection as sex discrimimation in the federal courts of theUnited States and in time this statute will rightly be interpreted not only to includesex discriminataion as directed in its tradidtional understanding but be analayzed andinterpreted to include protection against sexual orientation discrimination.