Supreme Court Faces Marriage Equality Challenge: Constitutional Rights at Crossroads
A former county clerk’s petition threatens to overturn nearly a decade of marriage equality, highlighting the tension between religious liberty and civil rights in contemporary constitutional law
The United States Supreme Court confronts a pivotal moment in American civil rights law as it considers whether to hear a case that could fundamentally reshape marriage equality. Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis has petitioned the nation’s highest court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 decision that established same-sex marriage as a constitutional right, setting up a potential collision between religious liberty and civil rights protections that could affect millions of Americans.