The dissenting judges slammed the majority opinion for reaching ‘an absurd result contrary to the plain language’ of state law and warned that Missouri’s Amendment 3 would strike down the state’s abortion ban and parental consent law.
Thomas More Society’s Mary Catherine Martin slammed the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision as a ‘failure to protect voters’ and warned that Amendment 3 will overturn ‘dozens of laws that protect the unborn, pregnant women, parents, and children.’
Alito warned that the case ‘exemplifies the danger’ he foresaw in Obergefell v. Hodges, that the government will persecute Americans who oppose homosexuality as ‘bigots.’