definitely good news, although there’s a terrifying aspect of it.
from the article, about Kim Davis’s attorney:
Staver previously told the Lantern that his team’s goal is for the appeal to reach the U.S. Supreme Court and that, should the appeals panel rule against him, he would appeal to the higher court.
The case would then provide the justices an opportunity to re-evaluate Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that guaranteed same-sex couples marriage rights, on the same grounds that the court in 2022 used to overturn the federal right to abortion, Staver said.
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“This case underscores why the U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, because that decision threatens the religious liberty of many Americans who believe that marriage is a sacred institution between one man and one woman. The First Amendment precludes making the choice between your faith and your livelihood.”
SCOTUS can’t just randomly issue a press release that says “oh btw Obergefell v. Hodges is overturned”. they need a case to be teed up for them in order to do that. with the Dobbs case that overturned Roe v Wade for example, the Supreme Court decision came down in 2022, but it was regarding a Mississippi law that was passed in 2018. that law was a 15-week abortion ban, which clearly violated Roe. the Mississippi legislature had zero reason to pass it other than to provide a case that could work its way up to the Supreme Court and give them an excuse to ban abortion.
Staver is the founder of a group of shitbags who call themselves the “Liberty Counsel”. the writing is on the wall that the Christofascists are gunning for marriage equality, and this case is one of several that give them a possible avenue with which to do it.
Same-sex marriage does have protections in the law Biden signed though. That doesn’t stop congress from repealing those protections, but it’s another wall at least.
People shouldn’t take jobs that conflict with their stupid religious beliefs.
Good
Good.
