Clarence Thomas (Getty) Two Supreme Court justices have suggested that the court needs to “fix” Obergefell v Hodges, the case that made same-sex marriage the law of the land. In October, the court decided not to hear a case involving Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who has been sued for refusing to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples because of her religious beliefs. The Supreme Court opted not to take the case, leaving in place a decision from a lower court that allowed a lawsuit against Davis to proceed. However, justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito released a joint statement saying that, while they agreed with the decision not to hear the case, Davis’ legal issues should serve as a “stark reminder of the consequences” the 2015 ruling on same-sex marriage was having on religious liberty. In their statement, the justices said the Supreme Court had “read a right to same-sex marriage into the Fourteenth Amendment, even though that right is nowhere in the text”. They said that several members of the court noted the decision would threaten the religious liberty of those who believe that marriage is “a sacred institution between one man and one woman”. Thomas and […]
