Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the devout Catholic conservative who has long warned of animus against religion in America, says in a new book that he believes the court's landmark decision extending marriage rights to same-sex couples was "perhaps the decisive point in our nation's turn against religious liberty."

Alito, who dissented sharply in the 2015 case, made the claim at Catholic University of America three years after Obergefell v Hodges in a speech that was not open to the public or widely covered at the time. The remarks were published this month in "So Ordered," a collection of Alito speeches that he says reflect his judicial philosophy and outlook on the country.

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[–] 12 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

Against religious oppression. Loss of or difficulty to find the freedom to oppress others is what Alito is mourning. Your religion doesn’t ask you to stop others from sinning, it commands you to preach the message of Jesus (and perhaps the old testament if your particular flavor of Christianity is a fire and brimstone variety), and to tell others to repent or ask forgiveness and become religious - there’s a difference between the choice to become saved, and forcing it on others by direct and active oppression, which isn’t a choice. Jesus didn’t say to force religion on people, he very specifically said that’s not the way to make his father happy or support his cause.

That being said, fuck modern organized religions for the most part, I find almost all of them to be born of and run by conmen.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    Jesus didn’t say to force religion on people

    Simple to understand, but these Christians would be the first to set upon Jesus if he came back and put him on another cross. Blood cult, they should stop using his name in theirs, it's literally sacrilegious.

    I wish more actual Christians would rise up against their "brethren" who talk like this, if nothing else to say that it's not what Jesus taught. Defend your religion.

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