"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.Davis had been trying to get the court to overturn a lower-court order for her to pay $360,000 in damages and attorney's fees to a couple denied a marriage license.Her lawyers repeatedly invoked the words of Justice Clarence Thomas, who alone among the nine justices has called for erasing the same-sex marriage ruling."
"Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was not on the court in 2015, has said that there are times when the court should correct mistakes and overturn decisions, as it did in the 2022 case that ended a constitutional right to abortion.But Barrett has suggested recently that same-sex marriage might be in a different category than abortion because people have relied on the decision when they married and had children."
"Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson praised the justices' decision not to intervene. "The Supreme Court made clear today that refusing to respect the constitutional rights of others does not come without consequences," Robinson said in a statement."
The Supreme Court declined to hear Kim Davis's appeal and did not overturn the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Kim Davis sought relief from a lower-court order requiring her to pay $360,000 in damages and attorney's fees after denying a couple a marriage license. Her lawyers cited Justice Clarence Thomas, who has called for erasing the same-sex marriage ruling. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito dissented in 2015; Alito has criticized the decision but recently said he is not advocating overturning it. Justice Amy Coney Barrett acknowledged the court sometimes should correct mistakes but noted reliance interests around same-sex marriage. Kelley Robinson of the Human Rights Campaign praised the court's refusal to intervene. Davis had defied orders and was jailed for contempt in 2015.
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