The Supreme Court has declined to hear a bid from anti-LGBTQ activist Kim Davis to challenge its landmark 2015 decision legalizing gay marriage nationwide.
The High Court dismissed Davis’s petition without comment on Monday. The decision means that the Obergefell v. Hodges decision will stand for now, after the Court struck fear into the LGBTQ community last week when it privately met to discuss the appeal on Friday.
The Court only needed four justices to agree to revisit the case. The original Obergefell decision was a 5-4 ruling, and several of the justices who dissented still sit on the Court — Justices Samuel Alito, John Roberts, and Clarence Thomas. Further, one of the judges who ruled in the majority, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was replaced with conservative Justice Amy Con

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