LGBTQ Ally Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren called out Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after he addressed the Federalist Society on a public video link last week; in his remarks, Alito cast dispersion on both COVID safety restrictions on public gatherings and marriage equality.
Said Alito on the “previously unimaginable” COVID precautions, “We have never before seen restrictions as severe, extensive and prolonged as those experienced for most of 2020,” specifically pointing out the effect of the restrictions on religious events, such as Easter Sunday and Yom Kippur,” according to The Hill.
As for LGBTQ rights, The Hill went on to report Alito complaining that:
“You can’t say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Until recently, that’s what the vast majority of Americans thought. Now, it’s considered bigotry.”
“That this would happen after our decision in Obergefell should not have come as a surprise,” he added, referencing the landmark 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that guaranteed gay marriage rights across the country.
On Thursday, Alito cited his dissent in the case, in which he argued that the majority opinion would lead to those who “cling to traditional views on marriage” being “labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers and schools.”
Senator Warren responded the next morning by Tweeting, “Supreme Court Justices aren’t supposed to be political hacks. This right-wing speech is nakedly partisan. My bill to #EndCorruptionNow restores some integrity to our Court by forcing Justices to follow the ethics rules other federal judges follow.”
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