Romer v. Evans

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1996-06-03

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Justice Scalia, with whom The Chief Justice and Justice Thomas join, dissenting. The Court has mistaken a Kulturkampf for a fit of spite. The constitutional amendment before us here is not the manifestation of a “ ‘bare ... desire to harm’ ” homosexuals, ante, at 634, but is rather a modest attempt by seemingly tolerant Coloradans to preserve traditional sexual mores against the efforts of a politicall…

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