( February 3, 2025, 9:18 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A civil rights group and others filed the second amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the position of an Ohio agency as respondent in a sexual orientation bias case; the agency argues that employees who allege bias must show “a causal nexus between a protected characteristic and an adverse employment decision” but disputes the argument by the petitioner that the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that majority group plaintiffs are held to a higher burden than that placed on minority plaintiffs....