Gay Worker Tells 8th Cir. Justices’ LGBT Ruling Changed Bias Law

A gay employee suing a St. Louis nursing-care provider for allegedly pulling his job offer because he inadvertently disclosed his same-sex marriage alerted the Eighth Circuit to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on LGBT workplace rights, saying the justices’ decision should revive his claims.

Sales and marketing executive Mark Horton’s appeal of the dismissal of his Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act sex discrimination claims against Midwest Geriatric Management LLC was stayed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on April 25, 2019, six days after oral argument in the case.

The appeals court ...