Does anyone have a link to the transcript? I can only find video clips of the keynote speech.
https://reason.com/volokh/2020/11/12/video-and-transcript-of...
Why? Catholics (as an example) don't perform or internally honor Jewish (as an example) weddings, either, without it being any sort of First Amendment issue.
That’s why Catholic discussion of Jewish marriages is not a First Amendment issue, while Supreme Court Justice Alito advocating against gay marriage is.
Right. That's my point; there's no need to reconcile the First Amendment with permitting gay marriage. There's nothing to reconcile.
The common "allowing gay marriage is an infringement of religious freedom" argument is bunk for that reason.
No religion has the right to demand of others that they respect its belief.
"You cannot, because my religion disapproves" is the religious first amendment version of "Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins".
It's a hour of ranting against democracy. He didn't even hide the fact that he doesn't care that gay marriage or other issues were approved by voters; he would judicially end gay marriage in the name of "religious freedom." But this freedom only extends to particular forms of Christianity, as Alito is quite comfortable with restricting the religious practices of Muslims and Wiccans.