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READ: The Battle of Spanish Fork
April 19 | 12:00 am - 11:59 pm
READ: The Battle of Spanish Fork
Federal law prohibits employment discrimination founded on race, religion, gender, national identity, disability, and age. No such federal legal protection exists, however, on the basis of sexual orientation, and gay men and lesbians have been denied and fired from jobs because of this aspect of their identities. In recent decades, they have increasingly challenged discrimination and asserted their right to equal protection under the law. One teacher who decided to fight a local school district that threatened her job and freedom of expression because she was lesbian found herself in the middle of a controversy that would divide her.