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The Constitution protects religious beliefs. They would allow discrimination against gays and lesbians by those who have a religious objection to same-sex marriage. Alito and Thomas made their views known on Monday when the court denied review in what should have been an easy case involving Kim Davis, a court clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue wedding licenses to same-sex couples. If Davis had prevailed, then clerks with a religious objection to interracial or interfaith marriages could likewise refuse to issue marriage licenses. The right of couples to marry, which the Supreme Court has deemed a fundamental liberty, cannot be made to depend on the religious beliefs of those who issue marriage licenses.

The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. Wade, the case in which the Supreme Court legalized abortion across the country. Such conversations are not surprising given the role that Justice Ginsburg played in advancing women's rights and Judge Barrett's writings as a judge and a law professor.

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Gay Marriage. Church leader who blamed coronavirus on gay marriage tests positive. UK Politics. Cameron attacks PM for scrapping foreign aid department. Siobhan Fenton At last, marriage equality has arrived in Northern Ireland.