SCOTUS Declares you cannot discriminate against straight people
It was a high-profile legal debate at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday with potentially big implications for America's raging culture wars.
In the end, justices appeared to come to rare consensus -- to find what Justice Neil Gorsuch called "radical agreement" -- in the case of a straight white woman alleging "reverse discrimination" by her employer on the basis of sexual orientation.
The plaintiff, Marlean Ames, had asked the justices to reverse a lower court ruling that tossed out her employment discrimination lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services, where she had worked for more than 15 years.
After a little under an hour of oral arguments, it appears she will get her wish.
Ames alleges her employer denied her a promotion and later demoted her, in both cases selecting gay candidates instead who were less qualified. Her supervisor at the time was also gay.
In the end, justices appeared to come to rare consensus -- to find what Justice Neil Gorsuch called "radical agreement" -- in the case of a straight white woman alleging "reverse discrimination" by her employer on the basis of sexual orientation.
The plaintiff, Marlean Ames, had asked the justices to reverse a lower court ruling that tossed out her employment discrimination lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services, where she had worked for more than 15 years.
After a little under an hour of oral arguments, it appears she will get her wish.
Ames alleges her employer denied her a promotion and later demoted her, in both cases selecting gay candidates instead who were less qualified. Her supervisor at the time was also gay.
