This Probably Won’t Be the SCOTUS Case That Kills Marriage Equality

Alexia Bădoiu

A large number of major news outlets reported earlier this week that the Supreme Court was asked to take up a case where it could overturn Obergefell v. Hodges , the landmark 2015 decision that struck down same-sex marriage bans across the country. Their collective reporting gave the impression that Obergefell was in imminent danger. The petition for review, which is titled Davis v. Ermold , comes from Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who refused to sign marriage licenses for gay and