Alito renews criticism of the Supreme Court’s landmark marriage equality ruling
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Tuesday renewed his criticism of the landmark 2015 ruling in Obergefell v.
Hodges that established the nationwide constitutional right to same-sex marriage. His remarks came in a 5-page order that was written in connection with the High Court’s decision not to hear Missouri Department of Corrections v.
Jean Finney — a dispute over whether a juror’s position that “homosexuality, according to the Bible, is a sin” can be the basis for striking him from an employment discrimination case that was brought by a lesbian.
The conflict, Alito argued, “exemplifies the danger” he foresaw in the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling, which was decided by a 5-4 majority with Alito among the justices who dissented.
