{"id":89951,"date":"2018-04-15T09:22:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T13:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=89951"},"modified":"2018-04-13T11:25:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T15:25:32","slug":"schneiderman-statement-on-second-circuit-decision-in-major-sex-discrimination-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=89951","title":{"rendered":"Schneiderman statement on\u00a0Second Circuit decision in major sex discrimination\u00a0case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-89952\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/schneiderman2-300x233.jpg?resize=300%2C233\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/schneiderman2.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/schneiderman2.jpg?resize=150%2C117&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Schneiderman statement on\u00a0Second Circuit decision in major sex discrimination\u00a0case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement upon the Second Circuit\u2019s decision in\u00a0Zarda v. Altitude Express:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo one should face discrimination because of their sexual orientation \u2013 and I am pleased that the Second Circuit has sent a clear statement in support of equal justice today.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwMjI2Ljg1OTg0MzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDIyNi44NTk4NDM2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTg4MTQ4JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2017.06.26_zarda_ca2_states_amicus_brief.pdf\">As we argued in our amicus brief<\/a>, Title VII is meant to protect all Americans from discrimination based on their sex; and, today, the Second Circuit agreed, making clear that this protection extends to discrimination that targets people based on the gender of their relationship partners. No employer should be able to penalize its employees because of who they love. In its decision today, the Second Circuit underscores that federal law, like New York State law, affirms that fundamental right.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schneiderman statement on\u00a0Second Circuit decision in major sex discrimination\u00a0case New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement upon the Second Circuit\u2019s decision in\u00a0Zarda v. Altitude Express: \u201cNo one should face discrimination because of their sexual orientation \u2013 and I am pleased that the Second Circuit has sent a clear statement in support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-noP","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/schneiderman2.jpg?fit=300%2C233&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}