The Supreme Court appears poised to side with an Ohio woman who alleges that she was denied a promotion and demoted because she is straight. CBS News' Catherine Cole reports.

Marlean Ames has alleged she was wrongly passed over for promotion in favor of a lesbian and then demoted in favor of a gay man.

The latest case involves Marlean Ames, who says she was denied a promotion and then demoted from her position at the Ohio Department of Youth Services because she is heterosexual. She says her employer put less qualified gay people in the jobs instead. She sued under the main federal job-discrimination law, known as Title VII.

The Supreme Court seems likely to side with an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she is straight