It was rather refreshing, actually.
— Justice Antonin Scalia, in an attempt to make a joke on the record about a protestor who interrupted yesterday’s oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges to scream at Mary Bonauto, a lawyer challenging several same-sex marriage bans, at the conclusion of her argument.
(In case you’re wondering, the protestor yelled, “If you support gay marriage, you will burn in Hell! It’s an abomination!”)
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UPDATE (4/30/2015): Was Justice Scalia’s joke really that offensive? David Lat comes to Justice Scalia’s defense.