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Supreme Court revives straight woman's workplace discrimination claim Marlean Ames argued she faced too high a legal burden in pressing her claim after being passed over and demoted in favor of a lesbian and a gay man.

June 5, 2025, 10:14 AM EDT / Updated June 5, 2025, 10:34 AM EDT

By Jordan Rubin

A unanimous Supreme Court sided with a straight woman in her discrimination appeal, ruling that a lower court applied too strict a standard against her. The justices sent her case back to that lower court for further litigation under the proper standard.

After being passed over and demoted in favor of a lesbian woman and a gay man, Marlean Ames brought a discrimination claim against her employer, the Ohio Department of Youth Services. But as a mem

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