"The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. In the aftermath of her refusal, Davis was jailed for acting in contempt of court and lost her clerk re-election. A jury also ordered her to pay $360,000 to a couple who she refused to marry."
"The court declined her petition without comment. Davis has long argued that religious liberties conflict with Obergefell. "If ever there was a case of exceptional importance, the first individual in the Republic's history who was jailed for following her religious convictions regarding the historic definition of marriage, this should be it," she argued in her petition before the court. She is not alone in wanting to challenge the legality of same-sex marriage."
"She is not alone in wanting to challenge the legality of same-sex marriage. According to Lambda Legal, which advocates for gay rights, in this year alone at least nine states have entertained bills or resolutions criticizing Obergefell or have sought to limit marriage to heterosexual couples. On Oct. 24, the Supreme Court of Texas adopted language allowing judges to refuse to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies due to religious beliefs."
The Supreme Court declined to take up Kim Davis's challenge to the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, denying her petition without comment. Davis refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, was jailed for contempt, lost re-election, and was ordered by a jury to pay $360,000 to a couple she refused to marry. She sought First Amendment protection from liability, arguing religious liberties conflict with Obergefell and calling her case exceptionally important. Multiple states have pursued measures criticizing Obergefell. The Supreme Court of Texas allowed judges to refuse performing same-sex ceremonies. Justice Clarence Thomas urged reconsideration of rulings on sexual and reproductive issues.
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