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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Mischa Anouk Smith

Supreme Court Petition Seeks to Revisit Landmark Same Sex Marriage

Rainbow-coloured lights shine on the White House to celebrate today's US Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, Washington, DC, June 26, 2015. Today the high court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage in all 50 states. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images).

The U.S. Supreme Court is formally being asked to overturn its landmark 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalised same-sex marriage nationwide.

Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who spent six days in jail in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, has submitted a petition requesting the Court to reverse Obergefell v. Hodges. The move has already drew widespread attention from the legal community, LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups, and policymakers.

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