From Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis

LISA KEEN | Keen News Service lisakeen@mac.com

A case asking the U.S. Supreme Court decision to reverse its 2015 decision striking down state bans on same-sex marriage is not keeping Lambda Legal Senior Counsel Jenny Pizer awake at night.

She has two reasons: One, because Congress passed and then-President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act in 2022, prohibiting any state from denying recognition of a same-sex or interracial marriage licensed in another state.

And two, because reversing Obergefell v. Hodges has not been a top priority for President Trump or many conservatives who are driving his second term agenda.

But there are also two reasons to be concerned the court might take up the appeal this session. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samu

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