US EditionLocal Man Marrying LGBTQ+ Couples for Free as Concerns Grow over Future of Marriage Equality
Kim Davis seeks to overturn the landmark 2015 ruling and avoid $360,000 in damages by invoking First Amendment religious rights, with the Supreme Court unlikely to hear the case this fall.
- On August 13, 2025, former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis submitted a petition scheduled for the Supreme Court's long conference to overturn same-sex marriage legalization.
- This petition aims to overturn the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which guaranteed marriage equality under the Fourteenth Amendment, though experts doubt the court will hear it.
- Davis refused to issue licenses to same-sex couples, leading to a civil suit and her appeal claiming First Amendment protection against liability for violating marriage rights.
- Advocates like Scott Bucci and Congresswoman Becca Balint condemned the appeal, with Balint stating, “OF COURSE, IT’S DEVASTATING THAT WE’RE EVEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.”
- Because the Court accepts less than 1 percent of petitions, the appeal's low likelihood of success suggests marriage protections currently remain secure despite ongoing legal challenges.
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