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Supreme Court sides with woman over alleged employment discrimination for not being gay

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The United States Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit filed by an Ohio woman who claims she was denied an employment opportunity because she's heterosexual.

In a unanimous opinion issued Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled in Marlean Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Servicesthat a lower court decision against Ames is to be reconsidered.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson authored the court opinion, taking issue with an earlier appeals court decision which denied Ames’ complaint on the basis of “background circumstances.”

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