In a potentially seismic situation for same-sex couples throughout the country, the U.S. Supreme Court has been formally asked to overturn marriage equality—and the lawsuit involves a longtime anti-LGBTQ+ activist.
A case filed by former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is urging the court to overturn its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges—the landmark 2015 case that guaranteed the right to same-sex marriage nationwide, Newsweek reported.
Davis’ attorney, Matthew Staver, told the news outlet he is optimistic the court will take the case. On the flip side, William Powell, the attorney who represented the couple who sued Davis, wrote to Newsweek he is “confident the Supreme Court will likewise agree that Davis’s arguments do not merit further attention.” Justices like Clarence Thomas have signaled an openness to revisiting the case, as the judicial body has moved to the right.
Davis is a former Kentucky clerk who spent six days in jail because she refused to provide marriage certificates to same-sex couples, citing religious reasons.
If the court overturns nationwide marriage equality, the issue would likely return to the states—and many of them still have not passed laws allowing members of the same sex to get married.
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