Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, lashed out at the religious liberty implications of the Supreme Court's 2015 decision that cleared the way for same-sex marriage nationwide.
Thomas wrote that the decision, Obergefell v. Hodges,"enables courts and governments to brand religious adherents who believe that marriage is between one man and one woman as bigots, making their religious liberty concerns that much easier to dismiss.
Anger, leaks and tensions at the Supreme Court during the LGBTQ rights caseThe case that prompted Thomas' statement concerned Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who gained national attention in 2015 and was jailed after declining to issue marriage licenses out of an objection to same sex marriages. The high court on Monday declined to hear an appeal in her case.
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