US EditionSupreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
- The Supreme Court rejected a petition seeking to overturn their 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
- The case was brought by former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
- While some conservative justices have criticized the 2015 decision, the court declined to revisit the precedent legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Supreme Court rejects call to overturn same-sex marriage legalization
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Davis had been trying to get the court to overturn a lower-court order for her to pay $360,00…
Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected today a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered clear of the contentious case some 3-1/2 years after its conservative majority reversed abortion rights.
The U.S. Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, refused to consider an appeal challenging the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, which was legalized in 2015.
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