'Two justices now openly call for an end to marriage equality—knowing reinforcements are on the way,' Pete Buttigieg tweeted.
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by fellow conservative Justice Samuel Alito, argued in a Monday statement that the landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide was improperly decided and suggested the court should"fix" the decision.
The statement, written by Thomas and joined by Alito, was attached to a decision from the top court allowing a lower court's ruling against Kim Davis to stand. Davis was a county clerk in Kentucky who infamously refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of her religious objections.
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official group photo at the Supreme Court on November 30, 2018. Thomas and Justice Alito said Monday that the court's 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide was improperly decided.
Some were quick to raise concerns about the statement. Chase Strangio, a lawyer and transgender rights activist, warned that the justices wanted to"overturn" the landmark 2015 decision."First day of the SCOTUS term and Alito & Thomas call for the overturning of Obergefell," Strangio tweeted. "So much for precedent and judicial restraint. Two justices now openly call for an end to marriage equality—knowing reinforcements are on the way," former Democratic presidential candidate
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