The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier on Thursday for people from majority backgrounds, such as white or straight individuals, to pursue claims alleging workplace

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier today for people from majority backgrounds, such as white or straight individuals, to pursue claims alleging workplace “reverse” discrimination, reviving an Ohio woman’s lawsuit claiming she was illegally denied a promotion and demoted because she is heterosexual.

The case concerns a claim brought by Marlean Ames, who said she was treated unfairly at work because she is straight.

June 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that a straight woman can move forward with her Title VII Civil Rights Act job discrimination lawsuit, which claimed "reverse discrimination."

The justices rejected an appeals court’s requirement that members of majority groups meet a heightened standard to win employment discrimination cases.

The court ruled in favor of a woman who argued she was passed over for a promotion and demoted because she is straight.