Marlean Ames, 60, an employee at Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility, contends gay applicants were unfairly given promotions that she sought.

The Supreme Court of the United States recently heard oral arguments in a case to determine whether employees who are part of a majority group must meet a higher standard to prove discrimination.

US Supreme Court justices appear set to rule in favour of a woman who claims she faced workplace discrimination for being heterosexual. Marlean Ames brought the "reverse discrimination" case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act after allegedly being passed over for promotions that went to gay colleagues.