A George Washington University professor says "perhaps."
Article here (via aba journal).
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley says the
opinion recognizing the dignity of gay marriage could pave the way for
dignity codes that trump free-speech rights.
Turley says “the most direct way” the majority could have upheld a right to gay marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges
would be to find that sexual orientation is a protected class under the
14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. That would have made a
refusal to issue gay-marriage licenses illegal discrimination, and would
have clarified the standard in areas such as employment discrimination
and refusal of public accommodations, Turley says.
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