Overheard (Jan/Feb 2023) - Freethought Today

This is basically the argument the religious right continues to make: You can't make me do something (make a website) because it offends my religion, but I can force you to do something (have a baby) because my religion says you have to.

Shelley Roberts Bendall, in her op-ed, "What about my personal right to be free from your religion?" Lexington Herald-Leader, 12-17-22

Clarence Thomas Wants to End Marriage Equality. He Has Two Different Strategies to Do It. – Mother Jones

…If the court takes up Thomas' invitation to expand religious rights for public employees, same-sex couples could see their own rights significantly rolled back. "It would drive a truck size hole" in the right to marry the person you love, says Litman. But the possible impact wouldn't stop there. If clerks could object to same-sex marriage licenses, they could presumably object to one for an interracial couple. Religion would continue to seep into public classrooms. Litman also raises the possibility of ramifications for healthcare if the court goes down this path. Doctors and administrators at public hospitals could refuse to provide contraception or gender-affirming care, she points out…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/clarence-thomas-marriage-equality-dobbs-roe/

Covid Order Shows Barrett Fortifies Court on Religious Rights - Bloomberg

... Geoffrey Blackwell, litigation counsel at American Atheists, said Wednesday's opinion was the latest in what he called a troubling trend of the court disregarding facts in religion cases...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-27/covid-order-shows-barrett-fortifies-court-on-religious-rights

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court replacement could threaten LGBTQ rights - The Washington Post

A conservative replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday, could provide a major boost to religious rights while threatening years of advancements for the LGBTQ community, legal experts and activists say. In cases spanning same-sex marriage rights to workplace protections, the Supreme Court has in recent years delivered landmark victories to gay and transgender Americans. But these watershed rulings have also left unresolved the polarizing conflict between those who want to safeguard religious rights and those who want to expand LGBTQ protections.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/09/22/new-conservative-supreme-court-justice-could-boost-religious-rights-cost-lgbtq-protections/