Michael Verdugo lost his court appeal in the Broward County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Verdugo was the former openly- gay Hollywood police officer who charged that he was unfairly dismissed from his position with the police department because he was homosexual. According to his attorney, George Castrataro, the court concluded that the “threshold to show bias in arbitration was not met.”

Castrataro stated that they will no longer fight the case. “The very purpose behind the fight was to bring to the public attention the burden and impact against gays and lesbians in the workplace,” said Castrataro. “But without changes in the law, there is no point in going on.

Hopefully in time we will see something like ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act) pass in Congress and the State House.