This Friday, November 7, the United States Supreme Court is set to meet in private to consider the bid that could overturn the same-sex marriage precedent that has been set for a decade now.
The Supreme Court is meeting this Friday to determine which appeals will be heard by the judges and which appeals will be denied without a case. After the meeting is concluded, we will find out whether the appeal will move forward or be thrown out of court.
The appeal originates from a former county clerk in Kentucky, Kim Davis, who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case in 2015. Since that decision was made, Davis has been fighting against the case and has asked the court to revoke that decision.
Davis’s appeal is not only about same-sex marriage, but also about the integrity of the First Amendment and the religious freedom that the amendment is supposed to protect. If an action would cause someone to go against their religious beliefs, does being forced to do the action violate the First Amendment?
Ultimately, the appeal to reconsider the decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case is highly unlikely to go through. It requires four judges’ approval to even hear the appeal, and it takes five judges to enact the appeal. With the current political landscape and the integrity of the case, it is unlikely that the case will even be heard, much less enacted. Despite that, the appeal still has many citizens worried that, against all odds, it might be enacted.
