(CNN)Justice Samuel Alito said Thursday night that he worried about the future of religious liberty in the United States, expressing particular concern as it applies to Covid restrictions and the Supreme Court’s decision in 2015 clearing the way for same-sex marriage nationwide.
“It pains me to say this,” Alito said, “but in certain quarters, religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right.”
The remarks — an enlargement of themes he’s written about — came as he was addressing the conservative Federalist Society via Zoom for its annual conference.