US EditionFormer Kentucky Clerk Urges Supreme Court to Reconsider Same-Sex Marriage in Religious Liberty Case
UNITED STATES, AUG 11 – Kim Davis challenges the 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, risking a return of marriage laws to states where rights vary widely, with 823,000 couples affected.
- Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court this Fall to revisit the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision and overturn marriage equality.
- Refusing to issue licenses, Davis denied licenses to same-sex couples following the Obergefell ruling on June 26, 2015, and spent six days in jail.
- Liberty Counsel, Christian legal organization, filed a petition condemning the 5-4 Obergefell decision as `egregiously wrong` and invoking the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
- A decision could arrive by June 2026 if the case moves forward, after the Supreme Court's private conference at the end of September.
- Approximately 823,000 married same-sex couples could be affected if the Court overturns nationwide marriage equality, risking public backlash.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court is being asked to overturn the landmark decision that expanded marriage rights to same-sex couples. The request comes from a former Kentucky clerk who lost her job and spent six days in jail for refusing to issue a marriage certificate to a same-sex couple. The filing argues that the
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Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who violated the rights of a gay couple, has petitioned the Supreme Court to revisit its landmark decision on same-sex marriage – slamming the ruling as a “legal fiction.”
Supreme Court asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who became a national flashpoint a decade ago for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision recognizing marriage equality.Attorneys for the ex-Rowan County Clerk have formally petitioned the nation’s highest court to hear her case. Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion striking down Roe v. Wade in 20…
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