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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Robert Gorgonio

Supreme Court Justice Alito Says Marriage Equality Was a 'Decisive' Point in US Turn Against Religious Liberty

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito claims the 2015 marriage equality ruling marked a decisive turn against religious liberty, sparking fresh debate over faith, law and LGBTQ+ rights (Credit: Photo: Steve Petteway/By Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States/wikimedia commons)

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has renewed his criticism of marriage equality, describing the landmark 2015 ruling that established a constitutional right to same-sex marriage as 'perhaps the decisive point in our nation's turn against religious liberty.'

The comment appears in his newly published book of speeches, So Ordered: An Originalist's View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country.

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