From the WSJ:
Alito, a South Jersey native, spoke candidly about what he perceives as persistent attacks on free-speech rights and religious liberty.
A Roman Catholic himself, Alito says he believes a shifting morality in American society has put individuals and institutions in the crosshairs of future legal challenges. And, Alito says, while the high court has a clear record of landing on the side of the First Amendment, there are a growing number of Americans who are pressing to silence the message of those with whom they disagree.
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Justice Alito referred to his dissent in the landmark 2015 gay marriage case when he warned that the landmark Obergefell decision legalizing same-sex unions would “be used to vilify Americans who are unwilling to assent to the new orthodoxy.”
In the interview, he suggested that the “new orthodoxy” is what led high-court colleagues last year to reject an appeal by religious pharmacists in Washington state who challenged a Washington State law requiring pharmacies to fill prescriptions for emergency contraceptives.
“[George] Washington and other founders…saw a vital connection between religion and the character needed for republican self-government,” he said. “What the founders understood more than 200 years ago is just as true today.”
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