{"id":2406900,"date":"2025-02-26T11:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-steps-in-reverse-discrimination-case-erupts-after-white-straight-woman-axed\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:03:08","slug":"supreme-court-steps-in-reverse-discrimination-case-erupts-after-white-straight-woman-axed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-steps-in-reverse-discrimination-case-erupts-after-white-straight-woman-axed\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Steps In: &#8216;Reverse&#8217; Discrimination Case Erupts After White, Straight Woman Axed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-steps-in-reverse-discrimination-case-erupts-after-white-straight-woman-axed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2406900&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses an upcoming case that the Supreme Court will hear,focusing on \u2062&#8221;reverse\u200b discrimination&#8221;\u2062 claims\u2063 made by Marlean Ames,an Ohio woman.Ames alleges \u2063she was \u200dwrongfully terminated and denied a promotion due \u200bto her heterosexuality while working for the Ohio Department of Youth Services. She claims her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">gay supervisor favored \u2062gay employees<\/a> \u200bover her, which she argues constitutes discrimination under federal\u200c law, specifically Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Lower courts previously dismissed her lawsuit,\u200b stating she did \u200dnot provide\u2063 sufficient evidence that her employer discriminated against a majority group. The case has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-hunter-hunter-biden-appears-in-court-for-paternity-dispute\/\" title=\"There&#039;s Hunter: Hunter Biden Appears in Court for Paternity Dispute\">garnered significant media attention<\/a>, with various\u2063 outlets expressing concerns about its potential implications on discrimination laws, especially related to non-LGBT individuals. The Supreme court&#8217;s decision will explore the applicability of anti-discrimination\u200c laws to those outside minority groups,\u2063 as previous\u2063 rulings have\u2062 treated such claims differently.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court will hear a fascinating blockbuster of a case about &ldquo;reverse&rdquo; discrimination on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>As covered by multiple outlets, an Ohio woman will be making her case to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leather-underwear-drag-king-parents-challenging-books-pushing-sex-kindergarteners-get-supreme-court-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Supreme Court<\/a> after she claims she was wrongfully terminated for being a heterosexual woman.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, outlets were swift to offer details on the peculiar case &mdash; as well as their own two cents.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Woman was passed over for promotion because she was not gay, Supreme Court case claims <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9aoUtzbxB3\">https:\/\/t.co\/9aoUtzbxB3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MailOnline\/status\/1894235818509709789?\">February 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/straight-womans-reverse-discrimination-case-goes-us-supreme-court-2025-02-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, the plaintiff, Marlean Ames, looks to revive her lawsuit against her previous employers, Ohio&rsquo;s Department of Youth Services.<\/p>\n<p>For Ames, this is a second-chance to fight this fight, as her previous case against the DYS was thrown out by lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters added: &ldquo;Ames, 60, has argued that she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poetic-justice-obama-library-delayed-discrimination-lawsuits-environmental-injunctions-enrichment-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discriminated against<\/a> because she is heterosexual in violation of a landmark federal anti-discrimination law. Ames said she had a gay supervisor in 2019 when she was passed over for a promotion in favor of a gay woman and demoted in favor of a gay man &mdash; both of whom, she asserted, were less qualified than her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Reuters was largely neutral in its coverage, other outlets lamented the potential of this SCOTUS hearing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-weighs-straight-womans-reverse-discrimination-claim-rcna193705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> subtly described Ames&rsquo; case as &ldquo;novel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/02\/25\/ohio-discrimination-marlean-ames-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> complained that Ames&rsquo; case could &ldquo;upend discrimination law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And while that all may be true if something comes to pass, for now, the Supreme Court is merely listening to the argument of a woman who genuinely believes she was discriminated against based on her sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters explained: &ldquo;At issue is the requirement by some U.S. courts that plaintiffs from majority groups provide more evidence than minority plaintiffs to show they faced discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-ag-dana-nessel-calls-for-a-drag-queen-for-every-school-during-woke-conference\/\" title=\"Michigan AG Dana Nessel Calls For \u2018A Drag Queen For Every School\u2019 During Woke Conference\">law prohibits discrimination based<\/a> on race, religion, national origin and sex &mdash; including sexual orientation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, most readers have probably heard of these anti-discrimination laws at one point or another, especially in regards to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/intel-officials-caught-attempting-undermine-dni-tulsi-gabbard-within-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT crowd<\/a>, but SCOTUS is now exploring whether or not these laws also apply to people who are not a member of the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>Per NBC, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, ruled that these laws <em>do not<\/em> apply to non-minorities, when that court threw Ames&rsquo; case out in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The lower court ruled that Ames did not show the required &ldquo;background circumstances&rdquo; showing that the DYS was an &ldquo;unusual employer who discriminates against the majority,&rdquo; according to Ames&rsquo; lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Ames began working with the Department of Youth Services in 2004, before getting promoted to administrator in 2014, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>She also applied for a promotion in 2019 but was passed over for a gay woman who did not apply for the same position.<\/p>\n<p>Ames also claims that, around the same time of the above incident, she was given a pay decrease from $100,000 to about $60,000, before eventually being replaced by a gay man.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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An Ohio woman argues that she was unjustly fired due to her heterosexuality. Various media outlets have quickly reported on the unusual case and shared their opinions. Marlean Ames, the plaintiff, aims to revive her lawsuit against Ohio&#8217;s Department of Youth Services after lower courts dismissed it previously. At 60 years old, Ames contends that she faced discrimination under a key federal anti-discrimination law when she was overlooked for a promotion in favor of a less qualified gay woman and later demoted in favor of a gay man. The case raises questions about whether anti-discrimination laws apply equally to non-minorities, as previous rulings suggested they do not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2406901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Supreme-Court.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50985,51112,32275],"class_list":["post-2406900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-employment-law","tag-reverse-discrimination","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Supreme-Court.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406904,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406900\/revisions\/2406904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}