Cybyske v. Independent School District No. 196, Rosemount-Apple Valley

I cannot agree that plaintiff Lynne Cy-byske does not have a cause of action for marital status discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act. To so hold is to significantly narrow the broad construction we gave “marital status” discrimination in Kraft, Inc. v. State, 284 N.W.2d 386 (Minn.1979). We recognized in Kraft that “[b]y including marital status within the parameters of the Human Rights Act, the legislature clearly intended to outlaw arbitrary classifications relating to marriage.” 284 N.W.2d at 388. We found further that, in acknowledging the fundamental nature of the marriage…