The U.S. Supreme court has decided not to hear a case that sought to challenge marriage equality.
The court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has rejected a case brought by Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who was jailed in 2015 when she denied the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges and refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis, who has been married four times, claimed that same-sex marriage violates the sanctity of marriage and her personal Apostolic Christian religious beliefs.
The Supreme Court’s decision to reject the case comes after the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals had already tossed the case twice.
In a press release announcing the decision, Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings said, “The court’s decision reaffirms the simple fact: Equal protection under the law to all, not just some.
“This frivolous case has now been buried in the trash bin of history,” Jennings continued. “But let’s not be naïve: Our opponents are well-resourced and determined, and they aren’t going away. They will continue to try to undo all the progress we have made since Lambda Legal was founded in 1973.
“Now is not the time to let down our guard.”
— Tammye Nash