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This article provides instructions for an engaging classroom activity when discussing the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Students are asked to consider how to approach pay decisions when hiring a new employee for their business. Issues arise when the new hire asks for a higher wage than a current employee of a different sex. Legal Environment of Business/Business Law, Business Communication, and Business Ethics are all tied together in a discussion of what it means to pay someone more or less money based on their sex. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on issues in the courts regarding the discrimination based on sexual orientation. Topics discussed include freedom of speech and freedom of religion in the context of the antidiscrimination laws, need to change the values and beliefs in society associated with the discrimination sexual orientation and courts are reconciling the discrimination with the fundamental First Amendment Rights.