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Bishops say SCOTUS decision affects religious liberty

LANSING, MI (AP)--   Michigan's Roman Catholic bishops say the Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage will have a ripple effect on the right to religious liberty. 

The bishops say in a statement Friday that the ruling "sets the church's teaching about marriage in opposition to the law and will create inestimable conflicts between the state and religious persons and institutions."

They say the Catholic church will continue to teach that marriage "is and can only be the union of one man and one woman." The bishops, which include Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron, say the decision marks a "profound legal turning point."

The statement released by the Michigan Catholic Conference also is from bishops in Lansing, Kalamazoo, Saginaw, Marquette, and Gaylord.