A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has found that a federal law preventing discrimination on the basis of biological sex also covers sexual orientation and gender identity even though it doesn't mention those characteristics.
On a 6-3 vote – including reputed conservatives Chief Justice John Roberts and associate justice Neil Gorsuch – the court found that the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal to fire an employee for being homosexual or transgender because "it is impossible to discriminate against a person for being homosexual or transgender without discriminating against that individual based on sex."
The widespread expectation is that there will be fewer restaurants in Massachusetts in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
MassLive.com reports that according to the Massachusetts Restaurants Association, the economic destruction caused by a prolonged coronavirus shutdown will result in 20 percent of Bay State restaurants shutting their doors for good.
