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See a transcript of Alito's speech this week. It's a hour of ranting against democracy. He didn't even hide the fact that he doesn't care that gay marriage or
by gamblor956 6y ago
See a transcript of Alito's speech this week.
It's a hour of ranting against democracy. He didn't even hide the fact that he doesn't care that gay marriage or other issues were approved by voters; he would judicially end gay marriage in the name of "religious freedom." But this freedom only extends to particular forms of Christianity, as Alito is quite comfortable with restricting the religious practices of Muslims and Wiccans.
- catawbasam 6y agoThere is genuine work to be done reconciling gay marriage with the first amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" Unfortunately Alito is more likely to add to the problem than to help resolve it.
- kemiller 6y agoHogwash. No religion is forced to perform marriages they don’t believe in.
- ceejayoz 6y ago> There is genuine work to be done reconciling gay marriage with the first amendment... Why? Catholics (as an example) don't perform or internally honor Jewish (as an example) weddings, either, without it being any sort of First Amendment issue.
- voltaireodactyl 6y agoFirst Amendment protects you from government. Catholics are not the government. That’s why Catholic discussion of Jewish marriages is not a First Amendment issue, while Supreme Court Justice Alito advocating against gay marriage is.
- ceejayoz 6y ago> First Amendment protects you from government. Catholics are not the government. Right. That's my point; there's no need to reconcile the First Amendment with permitting gay marriage. There's nothing to reconcile. The common "allowing gay marriage is an infringement of religious freedom" argument is bunk for that reason.
- voltaireodactyl 6y agoMy apologies, I misunderstood what point you were trying to make. I agree with you entirely.
- sonotathrowaway 6y agoNo, he means your freedom to marry whom you choose infringes upon his belief that marriage is between one man and one woman. American evangelicals were instrumental in spreading their hatred of homosexuality in Africa and helped create laws allowing the murder of men accused of homosexuality, this was less than a decade ago. Those people are still very much alive and active within the conservative world, they haven’t become more accepting.
- oh_sigh 6y agoHow is only allowing male <-> female marriage against what you wrote? Religions would still be free to let gay people get married, they just wouldn't be able to register with the state.
- FireBeyond 6y agoNot at all. Allowing gay marriage doesn't prohibit your free exercise of religion. Don't approve of or believe in gay marriage? Don't marry someone of the same sex. No religion has the right to demand of others that they respect its belief. "You cannot, because my religion disapproves" is the religious first amendment version of "Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins".
- sroussey 6y agoThe Christian Body Temple finds it to be religious persecution for their members (many doctors) to be forced to treat fat people. Will Alito also uphold that? http://www.christianbodytemple.com/ http://www.christianbodytemple.com/
- heavyset_go 6y ago> See a transcript of Alito's speech this week. Does anyone have a link to the transcript? I can only find video clips of the keynote speech.
- dredmorbius 6y agoVideo and Transcript of Justice Alito's Keynote Address to the Federalist Society https://reason.com/volokh/2020/11/12/video-and-transcript-of-justice-alitos-keynote-address-to-the-federalist-society/ https://reason.com/volokh/2020/11/12/video-and-transcript-of... https://youtube.com/watch?v=tYLZL4GZVbA https://youtube.com/watch?v=tYLZL4GZVbA
- heavyset_go 6y agoThanks