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Related: About this forumSupreme Court justice (Alito) slams MO court, says it shows 'danger' of same-sex marriage decision
Earlier DU thread: US Supreme Court declines to decide legality of excluding jurors based on religion
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Source: Kansas City Star
Supreme Court justice slams MO court, says it shows danger of same-sex marriage decision
Jonathan Shorman
Wed, February 21, 2024 at 3:24 PM EST·4 min read
A Missouri prison workers legal fight against on-the-job discrimination this week provided U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito one of the courts most conservative members an opportunity to denounce the landmark decision recognizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Jean Finney had worked as a corrections officer at the Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in St. Joseph since 2002, but after about eight years, the job started turning toxic.
A co-worker, the ex-husband of Finneys romantic partner, undercut Finney on the job, sent disparaging texts about her status as a lesbian and, eventually, withheld information Finney needed to safely do her job. He spread rumors, a court later found, and lodged several complaints against her.
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In this case, the court below reasoned that a person who still holds traditional religious views on questions of sexual morality is presumptively unfit to serve on a jury in a case involving a party who is a lesbian, Alito wrote, referring to the Missouri appeals court.
That holding exemplifies the danger that I anticipated in Obergefell v. Hodges namely, that Americans who do not hide their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homosexual conduct will be labeled as bigots and treated as such by the government.
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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-justice-slams-mo-202459341.html
cate94
(2,892 posts)Just the same as Alito.
Ray Bruns
(4,692 posts)thucythucy
(8,744 posts)that's what they are.
Imagine a prospective juror, in a case involving a Black defendant, told the judge he believed black skin was "the mark of Cain" and thus made the guilt of the defendant a certainty.
This was a belief held by lots of white religious bigots back in the day--probably still is by some.
So excluding that obvious racist from a jury because they believed their racism had some kind of bogus religious justification would be a problem?
Alito needs to return to the sixteenth century where he would feel so much more at home.
wolfie001
(3,788 posts)....to help him (fool that he is) justify overturning Roe. That is reason enough for him to be removed from the SC.
unblock
(54,201 posts)Oh but he "anticipated" that letting gay people marry would lead to discrimination against bigots.
The court needs fixing.
Ray Bruns
(4,692 posts)Sessuch
(149 posts)lapucelle
(19,545 posts)MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. JEAN FINNEY
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MISSOURI , WESTERN DISTRICT
No. 23203. Decided February 20, 2024
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Statement of JUSTICE ALITO respecting the denial of certiorari.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/022024zor_7647.pdf
LostOne4Ever
(9,603 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,618 posts)instead of fact.