Supreme Court Case: Demoted, Pay Cut of $40K for Being Straight

Nepotism strikes again!

And nepotism doesn’t always have to deal with in-race preference when it comes to hiring (as we see in Hollywood).

It’s also seen among groups like the LGBTQ crowd.

Nepotism is the act of granting an advantage, privilege, or position to relatives and friends in an occupation or field

Straight co-workers get overlooked for promotions as the gay manager selects less qualified gay co-workers instead.

Such is the case for Marlean Ames.

In her case, she was actually demoted and this was a $40,ooo loss in pay.

A former employee at a prestigious law firm, found herself in the middle of a sticky situation when she was let go from her job.

But instead of quietly fading off she decided to do the brave thing and speak up by taking her former employer to court, claiming wrongful termination and a hostile work environment.

Both sides are gearing up for a legal showdown that will most likely be full of dramatic moments.

The Supreme Court will take up Marlean Ames’ discrimination case this month against the Ohio Department of Youth Services, which she said discriminated against her because she is a White, heterosexual woman.https://t.co/DVBtgehEcF

— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) February 17, 2025

Reuters reports:

Marlean Ames received numerous promotions and good evaluations over the years working in Ohio’s youth corrections system, so when she was denied a promotion and demoted in 2019 with a $40,000 pay cut she said she felt “shocked and hurt and humiliated.”

But, according to Ames, that was not all. She had a gay supervisor at the time, she was passed over for a promotion in favor of a gay woman and she was demoted in favor of a gay man – both of whom, Ames asserted, were less qualified than her.

“That’s how I came to feel that I was being discriminated on because I was straight and pushed aside for them,” Ames, 60, said in an interview.
The U.S. Supreme Court is due next Wednesday to hear arguments in her bid to revive her civil rights lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services after lower courts threw it out. She is seeking monetary damages from the state.

A ruling in her favor by the Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, could make it easier for non-minorities, including white people and heterosexuals, to pursue claims of illegal bias – often called “reverse” discrimination – under a landmark federal anti-discrimination law.

The dispute centers on how plaintiffs like Ames must try to prove a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, national origin and sex – including sexual orientation.

Ames is challenging a requirement used by some U.S. courts that plaintiffs from majority groups, such as white and straight people, must provide more evidence than minority plaintiffs to make an initial – or “prima facie” – claim of discrimination under a seminal 1973 Supreme Court ruling that governs the multi-step process employed to resolve such cases.
These courts include the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled against Ames. They require majority-group plaintiffs to show “background circumstances” indicating that a defendant accused of workplace bias is “that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.”

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The 6th Circuit ruled that Ames could not meet that bar, throwing out her case.

The area of discrimination will no longer be a trademark for only select groups under the DEI banner.

It’s not equal justice if straight, white men have a higher bar than everyone else to prove they’ve been discriminated against. pic.twitter.com/qIrIczAKv0

— Frank DeScushin (@FrankDeScushin) October 8, 2024

We see a lot of this discrimination in anti-White Hollywood.

DEI obviously discriminates against straight, white men to promote every group but them, yet DEI advocates deny the discrimination used to achieve their goal. Society needs a frank discussion on DEI, but, until then, keep using legal justice to strike down their social justice. pic.twitter.com/T0TrTpMPR5

— Frank DeScushin (@FrankDeScushin) March 7, 2024

Many across this country have experienced getting overlooked for jobs or promotions because they are White and straight.

I'm straight, white & male and have, since my 20s, been denied jobs & assistance from the State BECAUSE of this… repeatedly for decades. https://t.co/40svmr3yPW

— hey you (@MrMaczapsv3) February 20, 2025

And is this the original source of the letters DEI?

We all know these people love their secret symbols and code words:

Is this not unusual?

“The depiction below is from the 1896 edition of Eliphas Levi's book Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie. It is essentially the Seal of Solomon revised with hidden directions derived from the Kabbalah and Merkabah” – @FEDupAmerican52#DEI #diversity pic.twitter.com/Ncm0MEmCmf

— IanMalcolm84 (@IanMalcolm84) March 7, 2024