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TSR Staff China! China_lovelace ___________________________________ #TSRPolitics#PressPlay: #Roommates, #KimDavis the former Kentucky county clerk who was jailed in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to a gay couple — is back in the headlines. Ten years after the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, Davis is asking the justices to overturn it per abcnews. ___________________________________ Davis is appealing a $100K jury verdict for emotional damages, plus $260K in attorney fees. In her petition to the Supreme Court, she argues the First Amendment’s religious protections shield her from personal liability and calls Obergefell “egregiously wrong.”___________________________________ Her filing states marriage laws should be decided by each state not the federal government. This is similar to how abortion rights were returned to the states when Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. She also points to Justice Clarence Thomas’ prio...

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