What the government does for anyone it must do for everyone or it must do for no one. That's what equal treatment under the law is. That's how laws against unfair discrimination, for instance, discrimination based on inherent traits like ethnicity, must apply across the board, no matter what foot that shoe is on.

On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court seemed to be leaning into a favorable ruling for an Ohio woman who claimed to have been the subject of sex discrimination from her employer - because she is straight. //

Ames contends she was passed over for a promotion and then demoted because she is heterosexual. Both the job she sought and the one she had held were given to LGBTQ people.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars sex discrimination in the workplace. A trial court and the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Ames. //

If we are going to have laws against arbitrary discrimination, then they must apply equally, to everyone, regardless of race, religion, sexual preference, anything. It's ridiculous that this obvious principle has to be fought out to the Supreme Court level, but here we are; if the Court finds in favor of the plaintiff, this will shake up the grievance industry of discrimination claims for a good long while.