"...The brief notes that multiple Supreme Court decisions have made clear that tradition does not excuse discrimination. Moreover, the reliance on a particular strain of religious morality is forbidden by the Constitution. In American history, religious morality has been used to justify multiple wrongs, from slavery to segregation, and from bans on interracial marriage to restrictions on women’s rights within marriage. The Supreme Court has found time after time that states cannot rely on religious justifications to discriminate in this way..."
http://www.centerforinquiry.net/newsroom/cfi_urges_supreme_court_dont_allow_religion_to_decide_same-sex_marriage_rig/
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