In a new book, the conservative Supreme Court justice says the Obergefell decision would 'drive believers out of public life.'

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the ruling legalizing marriage equality nationwide marked “perhaps the decisive point” in America’s turn “against religious liberty.”

In his new book So Ordered, Alito focuses on Obergefell v. Hodges. The 5-4 decision was a landmark in civil rights, establishing a constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry nationwide. But Alito, who dissented from the 2015 ruling, portrays it as a turning point against religious freedom.

Alito points to disputes involving LGBTQ+ rights as evidence that “support for religious liberty has cratered.” He cites cases involving businesses seeking religious exemptions from requirements governing services for same-sex couples or employee health coverage, including those that refuse to provide wedding services to gay couples or seek to limit health care for employees based on religious beliefs.

  • MulligrubsEnglish
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    20 days ago

    He’s right! America has turned against “religious liberty.”

    You don’t have the religious liberty to follow your Holy Book. Because it says you can murder me, you see. That’s bad.

    You can’t torture heretics and witches. You can’t steal from pagans and set their homes on fire. You can’t sell your children into slavery. You can’t marry a 6-year-old

    Sorry, Abrahamics. You don’t have the liberty to follow your religion, because it’s a murderous blood cult (Judaism, Christianity, Islam).

    And some day, God willing, you’ll have to pay taxes, you blood sucking parasites.