A Christian woman within the US, who was briefly jailed over her stance on same-sex couples, has filed a petition demanding that the Supreme Court reverse its decision to allow same-sex marriages.
Kim Davis is a former Kentucky county clerk who made headlines in 2015 when she refused to issue a wedding licence to a gay couple on grounds of non secular conscience.
Davis was jailed for five days and required to pay $100,000 to the couple for emotional distress, and one other $260,000 for his or her legal fees.
The incident occurred shortly after the Supreme Court effectively declared gay marriage legal across the US via the Obergefell v Hodges case. The 5-4 decision put an end to varied state bans on gay marriage, including in Davis’ state of Kentucky.
Now Davis is looking for to overturn that original decision, arguing that the ruling was “egregiously mistaken” and “legal fiction”.
A decade on, Davis remains to be appealing against the $360,000 she was ordered to pay, arguing that the US First Amendment gives her freedom of faith.
Her lawyers, from Liberty Counsel, have gone further saying the Obergefell v Hodges decision should be reversed.
Their legal filing reads, “The mistake should be corrected.
“If ever a case deserved review, the primary individual who was thrown in jail post-Obergefell for looking for accommodation for her religious beliefs needs to be it.
“Davis was jailed, haled before a jury, and now faces crippling monetary damages based on nothing greater than purported emotional distress.”
While some experts claim the Supreme Court is unlikely to grant Davis’ request, some supporters argue that Davis is basically asking the court to treat gay marriage in the identical way it treats abortion. In other words, for the reason that overturning of Roe v Wade, it needs to be a matter for the states quite than for the federal government to make your mind up.
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