Are Your Religious Liberties at Risk?

 If a bare majority of Justices can invent a new right and impose that right on the rest of the country, the only real limit on what future majorities will be able to do is their own sense of what those with political power and cultural influence are willing to tolerate- Justice Alito

The Supreme Court Justice Thomas in his dissenting argument for the case OBERGEFELL v. HODGES, in which, in a vote of 5-4 voted  legalizing same sex marriage, gives a compelling argument of why he dissented. He say's  “Aside from undermining the political processes that protect our liberty, the majority’s decision threatens the religious liberty our Nation has long sought to protect. The history of religious liberty in our country is familiar: Many of the earliest immigrants to America came seeking freedom to practice their religion without restraint” He goes on to say, “Today’s decision might change the former, but it cannot change the latter. It appears all but inevitable that the two will come into conflict, particularly as individuals and churches are confronted with demands to participate in and endorse civil marriages between same-sex couples.”    Marriage is a religious matter for many people.  Many have strong religious beliefs that marriage is to be between a man and a woman.  This ruling may take away the right to practice this religious view.  Churches may be forced to allow same sex marriage or be penalized for it.  We cannot allow our religious liberties to be taken away from us. After this ruling it is only a matter of time before some same sex couples insist on being allowed to be married anywhere. whether it goes against another’s religious belief or not.  We must fight this and be allowed to practice our 1^st amendment rights and have religious freedom.