Mealey's (October 8, 2019, 2:21 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oral arguments on whether the protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 reach sexual orientation were presented Oct. 8 before the U.S. Supreme Court with the attorney representing the former employees in two cases that were consolidated arguing the reach is clear, while the attorney representing the employers and the U.S. solicitor general representing the United States as amicus curiae, both argued that there is no protection (Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, No. 17-1618, Altitude Express, Inc., et al. v. Melissa Zarda, et al., No. 17-1623, U.S. Sup.)....