Posted on 02/26/2025 6:54:12 PM PST by simpson96
Marlean Ames had earned positive performance reviews for nearly 15 years in her job at the Ohio Department of Youth Services. But in 2019 when she applied for a promotion, she got passed over for the position and was subsequently demoted.
A gay woman got the job she'd applied for, while a gay man was assigned the job she once had. Her supervisor at the time was also gay. Ames is a straight woman.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will take up Ames' case of alleged "reverse discrimination" and her bid to revive a lawsuit against her employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex and sexual orientation.
Lower courts dismissed Ames' claim, ruling that she had failed to meet the standard of proof for discriminatory intent against a "member of a majority group."
The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Ames did not demonstrate "background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority."
Ames argues that the "background circumstances" requirement -- applied only to plaintiffs from majority groups, such as white and straight people -- is an onerous burden that creates an unlevel playing field. She alleges circumstantial evidence alone in her case is enough to warrant a trial.
"If Ames were gay and the employees hired in preference of her were not, she would have established the elements necessary for her prima-facie case," her attorneys argued in briefs before the high court. "But because Ames falls on the majority group side of the majority/minority fault line, she has no legal recourse."
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It’s discrimination and DEI, none of the”reverse” stuff.
Yes.
And anything run by these people is useless.
This happens a lot in fast food restaurants.
The Supreme Court has agreed to take the case.
It is a very good sign.
It shows the court is ready to impose a “discrimination is discrimination” rule. Not special discrimination rules for different groups.
Correct.
Here’s hoping.
True.
It is imperative for the lying fags (”we only want to be able to love each other”) to have access to kids because they cannot reproduce.
Trump needs to order that all government forms other than ID cards need to be redone to remove any question as to sex, age, race or any other unnecessary personal questions. I am fed up with filling out forms asking for personal information that should have no bearing on whatever I am filling out a form for.
That’s what they do once they get in positions of making hiring decisions.
I got fired from a state job once so my boss could hire his girlfriend. I knew they met every day at the park in front of the building so I waited and got pictures of him making out with her. I mailed them to his wife.
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