Or he's been reading too many Conservative Christian fear mags.
As Justice Kagan noted, Jewish rabbis who choose not to marry mixed-religion couples are still licensed by the state to officiate at marriages. Catholic priests are not required to marry non-Catholics, or divorcees. And there are still churches (few and far between, but still existing) that won't marry what they considered mixed-race couples. All of this in the face of Equal Protection Under the Law precedents regarding religious and racial equality.
There is no reason, aside from fear-mongering, to think that applying the 14th Amendment to gay couples seeking to wed is going to trump 1st Amendment protections regarding priests, rabbis, and ministers of various sorts.
Scalia is either incoherently paranoid, or disingenuously exploring other reasons to rule against marriage equality.
Originally shared by +David Badash:
Scalia Insists Pastors Will Be Forced To Marry Gay Couples If Supreme Court Rules For Equality
In a laughable argument ignoring the First Amendment, Justice Antonin Scalia made a ridiculous argument pleading for the right of clergy members.
