Update to a Federal Law

Update to a Federal Law
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Update to a Federal Law
The federal law that I would update is the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In Title VII and IX, the civil rights act prohibits discrimination by sex. However, the prohibition of discrimination is more general than explicitly prohibiting discrimination against sexual orientation and gender identity. The law prevents discrimination under the umbrella of “sex” but does not extend those protections to sexual orientation and gender identity. Additionally, the 1964 Civil Act broadly protects agains...