Sotomayor Asks If Same-Sex Wedding Website Ban Might Affect Interracial Unions
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Sonia Sotomayor
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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor pressed a lawyer for a wedding website designer Monday about where to draw the line if she has a First Amendment right not to serve same-sex couples.
“How about people who don’t believe in interracial marriage or people who don’t believe disabled people should be married?” Sotomayor asked the designer’s attorney during oral arguments Monday.