President Donald Trump’s reelection stirred concern among many that constitutional protections, including the right to marry, could be put back on the table.
The Supreme Court put those fears to rest Monday when they decided to leave it well enough alone.
At issue was a petition from a former county clerk from Kentucky who had asked the court to revisit its landmark ruling on same-sex marriage.
Former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in 2015 refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, denying residents in her county the ability to marry under civil law. She spent some time in jail for contempt before her office ultimately complied. She was also ordered to pay monetary damages.
If Davis believed the law conflicted with her pe

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