Justices Asked to Consider if Gay Job Bias Is Illegal

A gay skydiver’s former employer asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether a federal law against sex discrimination in employment bars job bias based on sexual orientation.

If they take the case, the justices could resolve a split among federal circuit courts that have considered the question.

The case comes from the Second Circuit, which ruled in February for Greg Zarda, a skydiving instructor allegedly fired by Altitude Express Inc. because he was gay. The court took the same stance as the Seventh Circuit, which held in April 2017 that the prohibition on sex discrimination in Title VII of ...