A new petition has been filed urging the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit one of its most consequential rulings: the 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
The move challenges the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges case, which brought legal recognition of gay marriage across all states after a series of court battles.
Kim Davis, the former county clerk in Kentucky, became the focal point of the case after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Her actions led to her arrest and six days in jail for contempt of court. Davis’s stance ignited nationwide controversy, with evangelical groups rallying around her as a defender of religious liberty against what they viewed as government overreach.
Attorney Matthew Staver, representing Davis, expressed hope the Supreme Court will grant the petition to revisit Obergefell.
In the filing, Staver described the ruling as “egregiously wrong,” “deeply damaging” and “far outside the bound of any reasonable interpretation of the various constitutional provisions to which it vaguely pointed.”
He argued the case presents an opportunity to reexamine substantive due process claims that “lack any basis in the Constitution.”
The petition also asserts that Obergefell has caused “disastrous results,” citing challenges faced by individuals like Davis