Topline Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito decried the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing same-sex marriage and its “cavalier treatment of religion” in a decision Monday declining to hear Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’ case, raising the specter that the court could revisit the issue of marriage equality as it potentially becomes increasingly conservative with Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination. Rowan County Clerk of Courts Kim Davis waves to a crowd of her supporters at a rally in front of the … [+] Carter County Detention Center on September 8, 2015 in Grayson, Kentucky. (Photo by Ty Wright/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts Thomas and Alito claimed Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that officially legalized same-sex marriage, “threaten[s] religious liberty,” saying that because of the decision, “those with sincerely held religious beliefs concerning marriage will find it increasingly difficult to participate in society without running afoul of Obergefell and its effect on other antidiscrimination laws.” Davis, a Christian clerk who gained notoriety and briefly landed in jail in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage certificates to same-sex couples, was “one of the first victims of this Court’s cavalier treatment of religion” in the Obergefell decision, the justices said, though they agreed with the decision not to hear her case. The justices argue… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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