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== Dissent ==

== Dissent ==

Scalia wrote a dissent to the case, observing how the case really concerned the "[[homosexual agenda]]."  Why is the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] picking sides in a political dispute?  He reminded the Court of its narrow role in resolving social conflicts, and took a textual view of the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] as protecting only against discrimination on the basis of race and gender.  Since sexual "orientation" was neither, he said, the legal inquiry was over, and the [[U.S. Constitution]] was silent.

Scalia wrote a dissent to the case, observing how the case really concerned the "[[homosexual agenda]]."  Why is the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] picking sides in a political dispute?  He reminded the Court of its narrow role in resolving social conflicts, and took a textual view of the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] as protecting only against discrimination on the basis of race and gender.  Since sexual "orientation" was neither, he said, the legal inquiry was over, and the [[U.S. Constitution]] was silent.

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