The U.S. Supreme Court has refused a request to reconsider its Obergefell v. Hodges ruling which made same-sex marriage legal nationwide in 2015.
Breaking News: The Supreme Court denied a request to consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. https://t.co/wVdTDw8Xze
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 10, 2025
From the New York Times (gift link):
The court, without comment, declined the petition, filed by Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who gained national attention in 2015 when she defied a court order and refused to issue same-sex licenses because of her religious beliefs.
She had asked the Supreme Court to reverse an order that required her to pay more than $300,000 to a couple denied a marriage license — and to overturn the same-sex marriage ruling from 2015.
At least four of the nine justices would have needed to vote to hear Ms. Davis’s case and revisit the marriage precedent, a major step that many legal experts had said they were not expecting the court to take.
Justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett seemed to signal in recent interviews the court was not of a mind to revisit the Obergefell ruling. Many legal experts called the filing a long-shot at best.
Read the full report here.
“I hope the Supreme Court halts further attempts by public officials to use their personal faith to deny others their civil and human rights,” the civil rights icon told The Advocate.
— The Advocate (@advocate.com) November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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