Supreme Court rules Ohio woman can move forward with complaint that state agency discriminated against her for being heterosexual

The Supreme Court unanimously determined Thursday that an Ohio woman can move forward with her complaint that a state agency passed her over for promotion because she is heterosexual.In a 9-0 decision authored by liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the high court ruled that plaintiff Marlean Ames did not have to meet a higher burden of proof to prove that she was discriminated against despite being part of a “majority” group.Ames had sued the Ohio Department of Youth Services in November 2020, alleging that she was wrongfully denied a promotion in favor of a lesbian who was not qualified for the role and then demoted from her position and replaced with a gay man who should not have been eligible to take over her job.Her complaint will be sent back to the lower courts for further review....