Court Room Politics

[~Ally~]

That's already legal. Yes, you can fire ugly people. I think that Cracker Barrel won some lawsuits a few years back over this very thing.

If this is true then I am absolutely disgusted that a so called modern country can legally treat people this way! Pathetic and disgraceful behaviour.

[Sepia and Dust]

And yet the all male court still managed to adjudicate against her even though it was about gender.

Then what would you have the court do?

[GNTLGNT]

This is just horrable. Now you must look unattracive to keep your job or your boss happy.

...I shall never be unemployed then, nor make my Boss sad...

[Moderator]

Then what would you have the court do?

Admit that it was gender based discrimination.

[Sepia and Dust]

If this is true then I am absolutely disgusted that a so called modern country can legally treat people this way! Pathetic and disgraceful behaviour.

The US doesn't really have any laws against privately-held businesses hiring and firing whoever they please. There are exceptions in some states for unions, and exceptions almost everywhere for contracts and protected classes, but that's about it.

But, again, what would you do differently? Except in the cases listed above, employment is not the business of the government, and it's not something the courts should meddle in. Nobody is constitutionally entitled to the job they hold.

[Sepia and Dust]

Admit that it was gender based discrimination.

They did:

Title VII and the Iowa Civil Rights Act are not general fairness laws, and an employer does not violate them by treating an employee unfairly so long as the employer does not engage in discrimination based upon the employee’s protected status.

It's not fair, but it's legal, and the court said as much.