Kennedy is considered the “swing” vote on this issue. He adopted the liberal position on three more limited gay cases. He is clearly reconsidering.

Justice Antonin Scalia asked, “Do you know of any society, prior to the Netherlands, in 2001 that permitted same-sex marriage?” Mary Bonauto, attorney for same-sex couples, failed to cite any.

Scalia said the issue was not “whether there should be same-sex marriage, but who should decide that point.”

In February, the journal Social Currents published a survey that purports to show the motivations that drive the overwhelming majority of those opposed to same-sex “marriage.” According to the research, “Nearly all respondents (90 percent) who strongly oppose same-sex marriage also believe that ‘sexual relations between two adults of the same sex’ is ‘always wrong.’” On the other side they found that “approxi

Major corporations are getting into the bullying act, as well. At least two state governments have now backed down or modified religious freedom legislation in response to pressure from companies like Walmart and Salesforce. Keep that in mind next time you think about shopping at Walmart.daily_commentary_04_13_15

A quick examination of the 3-page original statute—one wishes that Congress would limit itself to bills of such length—shows that it essentially did nothing more than to affirm that a person’s religious liberty could not be infringed upon by the state, except when there is a compelling public interest. This essentially has been the standard of American law, even though it was done by statute for most of our history.