The Supreme Court is taking up the case of an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she is straight.

The justices on Friday agreed to review an appellate ruling that upheld the dismissal of the discrimination lawsuit filed by the woman, Marlean Ames, against the Ohio Department of Youth Services. Arguments probably will take place early next year.

Ames, who has worked for the department for 20 years, contends she was passed over for a promotion and then demoted because she is heterosexual. Both the job she sought and the one she had held were given to LGBTQ people.

  • cori <3 (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    38
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    26 days ago

    This won’t work because christofascists don’t give a fuck about being hypocrites. In their minds, they’re on a divine mission from God to impose their religion on everyone else. Nothing is off limits when you’re being commanded to do it by God himself.

    • 800XL@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      26 days ago

      That’s the point tho. If a homophobe sets prescedent, use that to your advantage. Thru the years the SC wouldn’t hear certain cases because they didn’t want to set precedent