Subscribe for free today!
Get newsletters with the latest content, and access to exclusive ebooks and podcast episodes.
Already subscribed? Log in to stop seeing invitations to subscribe.
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis asks high court to overturn Obergefell decision
August 13, 2025
» Continue to this story on CatholicVote
CWN Editor's Note: Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed in 2015 when she refused to issue a marriage license to a homosexual couple, has asked the US Supreme Court to reconsider her case, citing the First Amendment protection of religious freedom.
In her petition to the Court, Davis says that the Obergefell decision, that mandated legal recognition of same-sex unions, “threatens the religious liberty of Americans who believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.”
Although there is no guarantee that the Supreme Court will take up the case, an attorney for Davis argued that her plea is important because she is “the first individual in the Republic’s history who was jailed for following her religious convictions regarding the historic definition of marriage.”
The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
For all current news, visit our News home page.
All comments are moderated. To lighten our editing burden, only current donors are allowed to Sound Off. If you are a current donor, log in to see the comment form; otherwise please support our work, and Sound Off!
