Eric is a public employee.He is subjected to discrimination at work after a few co-workers learn that he is gay.If he files a sexual orientation discrimination claim,it could be based on:

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In addition to rights that may be provided by state and local legislation, LGBT public employees adversely affected by an employment decision based on sexual orientation may, under appropriate circumstances, use state constitutions or the First, Fifth, or Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution as a basis for suit, as well as the constitutional right to privacy. It appears that the plain language of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause prohibits a state government or agency from engaging in intentional discrimination-even on the basis of sexual orientation-absent some rational basis for so doing.

Eric Is a Public Employee