Judge Who Won’t Marry Same-Sex Couples Out at SCOTUS

A state judge censured after telling a reporter that her religious beliefs prevented her from marrying same-sex couples won’t get her day at the Supreme Court after it denied review Jan. 8.

Judge Ruth Neely, a municipal and part-time magistrate judge in Pinedale, Wyo., claimed that the state violated her free exercise of religion and free speech rights when it gave her an ultimatum: Either marry same-sex couples or marry no one.

The state’s judicial conduct and ethics commission began investigating Neely after the reporter published her comments. It found she had violated several judicial conduct rules, including expressing words ...