He said, she said: inside SCOTUS

As we wait for the transcript (and I finish listening to the audio), let’s take a look at the highlights from this morning’s SCOTUS case (Obergefell v. Hodges), aside from the anti-gay marriage protester who disrupted the hearings and had to be thrown out after shouting that same-sex marriage supporters would “burn in hell.”

Predictions are that the more liberal Justices (Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg) will vote for state’s to allow and recognize same-sex marriage. They expressed a belief that marriage was a fundamental right
Justices Anthony Kennedy and Chief Justice John Roberts made remarks that seemed to be for and against
- Kennedy didn’t see why the court should overturn a definition of marriage (one man, one woman) that has been in place for “millennia-plus time.” However, he also questioned the validity of claims that same-sex marriage threatens ‘traditional’ marriage
- Roberts said gay couples aren’t looking to be a part of the institution of marriage. Rather, “You’re seeking to change what the institution is.” But he then went on the question the states’ arguments by asking, “If Sue loves Joe and Tom loves Joe, Sue can marry him and Tom can’t. Why isn’t that a case of sexual discrimination?”
Conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia both made claims that same-sex marriage would disrupt some facet of life (ex. siblings being allowed to marry, ministers having to stop officiating weddings)

And while the three hours of arguments ended this afternoon, a decision on whether these states should allow and recognize same-sex marriage won’t be handed down until June. (deb)

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