"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by a former Kentucky official seeking to overturn the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage, which was passed in 2015 following a landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The high court, which has a 6-3 conservative supermajority, dismissed the appeal of Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who was sued by a gay couple after refusing to officiate their marriage. The request for review [of the case] is denied, the Supreme Court stated. While it did not elaborate on its decision, at least four of the justices dissented from hearing Davis's case."
"For Jim Obergefell, whose lawsuit led to the nationwide approval of same-sex marriage in the United States, Davis's case is personal. In an interview with The Advocate, he stated that he was disgusted that there were fellow citizens who would work against the well-being and happiness of others, using religious freedom as an excuse. This modern version of religious freedom this belief that one's personal religion trumps everything else is a twisting and perverting of what our founders intended, he said."
"Furthermore, Obergefell pointed out that Davis's refusal to comply with the law was symptomatic of a broader problem: public officials who put their private faith before civic duty. [Davis] swore an oath to serve all people. And yet she used her government position to persecute others. Three years ago, a federal judge, David Bunning, rejected Davis's arguments, as Reuters recalls: She cannot use her own constitutional rights as a shield to violate the constitutional rights of others while performing her duties as an elected official."
The Supreme Court denied review of Kim Davis's appeal, leaving the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges legalization of same-sex marriage intact nationwide. The court did not elaborate, and at least four justices dissented from hearing the case. Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk, had been sued for refusing to officiate a same-sex marriage and previously lost in lower courts. Jim Obergefell characterized Davis's refusal as prioritizing private faith over civic duty and described the invocation of religious freedom as a perversion of the founders' intent. A federal judge previously ruled that Davis could not use her rights to violate others' constitutional rights.
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