{"id":50202,"date":"2015-04-28T15:28:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T21:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/28\/scalia-has-an-odd-understanding-of-the-first-amendment.html"},"modified":"2015-05-04T15:59:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T21:59:36","slug":"scalia-has-an-odd-understanding-of-the-first-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/28\/scalia-has-an-odd-understanding-of-the-first-amendment.html","title":{"rendered":"Scalia has an odd understanding of the First Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or he's been reading too many Conservative Christian fear mags.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

There is no<\/i> 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.<\/p>\n

Scalia is either incoherently paranoid, or disingenuously exploring other reasons to rule against marriage equality.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +David Badash<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nScalia Insists Pastors Will Be Forced To Marry Gay Couples If Supreme Court Rules For Equality<\/a><\/span>
\nIn a laughable argument ignoring the First Amendment, Justice Antonin Scalia made a ridiculous argument pleading for the right of clergy members.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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