Ten years after catapulting right-wing stardom, Kim Davis (former Rowan County, Kentucky County Clerk) chose to jail for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples — petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the decision on the nationally legalized landmark 2015.
Davis, who was represented by an anti-LGBTQ Liberty advisor, formally sought the country’s Supreme Court to remove the right of same-sex couples to marry.
With Mike Huckabee Accorite Married 4 times Fundamentalist enthusiast Davis gained fame in 2015 when he refused to issue a marriage license to couples after the Supreme Court (gay or straight) Obergefellv. Hodges It has decided to ban all state-level same-sex marriages, including Kentucky. Ordered to obey, she spent instead. Six days in prison For court emptying.
The couple whose backs were turned away were sued, and a federal judge found liable for financial damages against one of the gay couples. Rather than pay, her lawyer appealed the ruling and directed their challenges positively. Obergefell She’s been doing light spitting for a long time.
Calling the June 2015 decision “terribly wrong” and “deeply damaging,” Davis’ attorney Matthew Stabber cited Secretary John Roberts’ comments. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Agency The overturned ruling Roev. Wade.
In Certiorari’s warrant, Staver argued that the June 2015 ruling was “outside the boundaries of reasonable interpretations of various constitutional provisions that it vaguely pointed out,” urging the court to overturn its own precedent.
Davis’ push to reverse the landmark marriage equality case follows Clarence Thomas’s consent opinion dobbs,he I was urged The court is intended to “review all of the precedents of the substantive due process for this court.”
Still, before LGBTQ advocates issue the alarm, legal experts say it’s very unlikely that the court will overturn the June 2015 ruling.
“The current super majority of the Supreme Court have a vote to reconstruct American laws on how they think it is appropriate, but the courts still need to look legal to the public.” Newsweek. “Understanding the right to same-sex marriage could lead to enormous public backlash and criticism of the courts. Judge Roberts will work very hard to avoid this. [Justices Samuel Alito and Thomas] Fall Obergefell. ”
Beyond that, the core of Davis’ current legal battle is not whether same-sex marriage violates her personal religious beliefs, but whether damages must be paid to one of the same-sex couples she refuses to serve.
Urma’s predictions could facilitate equal supporters of marriage, but Davis’s demands emphasize that opponents remained determined to ban it again. Whether brought by Davis or anyone else, future lawsuits challenging the 2015 ruling on First Amendment basis live on attacks on marital rights.
With potential future challenges in mind, some activists are working to enforce it into law and protect marriage equality at the national level.
For example, in Ohio Metro Weekly Grassroots Group Equal Rights Ohio reports that it will be gathering signatures for two constitutional amendments in votes next year. They will remove the provisions of the state constitution that prohibit same-sex couples from getting married.
This June marks the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s law of marriage equality. But as the LGBTQ community faces ongoing attacks on civil rights from people like Davis, activists are preparing for their next political battle.
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