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Alito: ‘Religious Liberty Is in Danger of Becoming a Second-Class Right’
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During a speech before the Federalist Society on Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito stated that “in certain quarters, religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right.” And is viewed by some as “not a cherished freedom, it’s often just an excuse for bigotry and it can’t be tolerated, even when there is no evidence that anybody has been harmed.”
Alito began by cautioning that, aside from specific references to any Supreme Court cases, he isn’t commenting on the legality of coronavirus restrictions and isn’t making any statements as to whether the restrictions constitute good policy.
He stated that coronavirus has “highlighted disturbing trends that were already present before the virus struck.”
Alito said that cases involving coronavirus restrictions have “pointed up emerging trends in the assessment of individual rights. This is especially evident with respect to religious liberty. It pains me to say this, but in certain quarters, religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right.”
Alito contrasted the bipartisan passage of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act with the backlash faced by states that have attempted to pass or passed similar legislation in recent years.
He then turned to “the protracted campaign against the Little Sisters of the Poor,” the Ralph’s pharmacy case, and the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. Alito remarked, “You can easily see the point, for many today, religious liberty is not a cherished freedom, it’s often just an excuse for bigotry and it can’t be tolerated, even when there is no evidence that anybody has been harmed. And the cases I just mentioned illustrate the point. As far as I’m aware, not one employee of the Little Sisters has come forward and demanded contraceptives under the Little Sisters’ plan. There was no risk that Ralph’s referral practice would have deprived any woman of the drug she sought and no reason to think that Jack Phillips’ stand would deprive any same-sex couple of a wedding cake. The couple that came to his shop was given a free cake by another bakery, and celebrity chefs have jumped to the couple’s defense.”
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8 Comments
3 years ago
The Supreme Court Justice is right; most on this site and others have predicted the same; religious liberty will soon become null-and-void. Jews, on-the-other-hand, will be relegated to third-class status, while Christianity and ‘others,’ second-class. The ‘others,’ however, do not include Islam, as it will become the endorsed religion in America.
Welcome to the faux-Democrats’ faux-Republic in which ‘We the People’ opposed to their totalitarian diktat will face subjugation of the like we never imagined.
3 years ago
Reply to
Ziggy46
I absolutely agree with your commentary, THX. Conservatism, not solely in the US, past due-date was decades ago, that is a given. Indeed both political factions are culpable, which, in turn, turns me off the grab-bag politics of today, especially.
“Conservatism: An Obituary” by Ayn Rand, amen.
3 years ago
Reply to
Ziggy46
Listen to Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, Ben Shapiro, or even (heaven forbid!) Rush Limbaugh… you may learn something……
3 years ago
Reply to
Cheryl
I meant too add, Liberalism is dead as well. Methinks more so than Conservatism. Liberalism is no longer traditional Liberalism since hijacked by the radicals. Not only here in America but throughout the entire West. Nor is Conservatism of the old order; hence, mutating itself to fill the vacuum, void left since the demise of established Liberalism. I admit, my brain had more in common with porridge than grey matter when posting. Then again, no one is perfect. It is best to reflect before hitting the post button, but I’m simply a mere mortal.
Thanks for resetting my alarm clock, Cheryl. Today nothing is what it seems, excepting the perfidy, betrayal percolating from the Neo-Leftists’ disorder and its endeavor for totalitarianism.
3 years ago
Reply to
Ziggy46
So 1776 wasn’t only the Declaration of Independence year, and Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” that was the foundation for the Industrial Revolution, but also Adam Weishaupt’s introduction and attachment to the Mason’s to create a diabolical intellectual idea that Marx created into communism. So I guess you would rather that the demoncrats make our country into another Marxist commune?
3 years ago
What the cake case in particular is similar to is the type of lawfare practiced by Muslims in order to impose their customs, values and way of life (including and especially Sharia law) onto the populace. That couple sought to impose the idea that Greenwich Village/San Francisco/Fire Island “values” trump and supersede and override Judeo-Christian values. That suit was one of the ultimate cases of supremacism at work.
3 years ago
I think Alito should care more about the unconstitutional ruling by PA supreme court and set that right., Why is it taking so long?
