Florida Supreme Court Rules Homosexuals Can Practice Law
The Florida Supreme Court ruled on this day that openly disclosing one’s homosexuality does not violate the “good moral character” standard for admission to state bar.
As a result, homosexuals could be admitted to the Florida bar without discrimination.
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a policy in 1989 prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation with regard to admission to practice medicine.
Learn more about employment and rights in the workplace for lesbian and gay people: http://www.lambdalegal.org/issues/employment-and-rights-in-the-workplace
Go to the LGBT Bar Association website: http://lgbtbar.org/
Read: Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney, Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America (1999)
Learn about the American Bar Association policy opposing employment discrimination against LGBT people: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nearly-400000-member-american-bar-association-takes-stand-lgbt-rights150814