“Although the majority randomly inserts the adjective ‘two’ in various places,” Roberts said, “it is striking how much of the majority’s reasoning would apply with equal force to the claim of a fundamental right to plural marriage.”Ī state court in New York is testing this idea and even credits Roberts with “fore(telling)” the change.
Though the case was specifically about the right to same-sex marriage, Roberts said that much of the reasoning would apply to unions of more than two people. In the 2015 Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, Chief Justice John Roberts noted (in dissent) something strange about the reasoning of the decision.