Google, CBS, Viacom Back Legal Shield for Gay Workers
- Dozens of firms support protection under existing law
- Sex discrimination debate ripe for Supreme Court showdown
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Dozens of major U.S. companies are encouraging a federal court to declare discrimination based on sexual orientation illegal, even if that decision could increase the firms’ vulnerability to employee lawsuits.
Microsoft Corp., Google, CBS, Viacom Inc., IAC, Lyft, and Ben and Jerry’s Homemade Inc. are among the 50 companies and organizations that signed papers supporting a filing spearheaded by advocacy group Freedom For All Americans in the U.S. court of appeals in Manhattan.