Monday, June 29, 2015

SCOTUS to churches: Hey, no worries, you can still “advocate” for traditional marriage

Via David

 
2005: Our marriage won't affect your rights. 

2014: Bake a cake or be destroyed. 

2015: We won't touch your church. Promise. Tee hee.

On this slender thread does the promise of religious liberty hang. Justice Anthony Kennedy, in his majority opinion in Obergefell that declares same-sex marriage a constitutional right, barely mentions the means by which most Americans conduct their weddings — houses of worship. Only on page 27 does Kennedy get around to addressing the connection between church and state, and the assurances in this paragraph are less than compelling, to say the least:

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2 comments:

  1. Marriage is not even mentioned in the Constitution. This was a job for the individual
    states. The lowly Supreme Court does not make law; it interprets only. Nothing
    for them to interrupt since it is not a Constitutional issue. Three of the Supremes
    might as well be called Communists. Order of importance: We the People, Militia,
    The State, U.S.A., Congress, President, and last, Supreme Court.

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