Overview
- On Nov. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court denied without comment former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’s petition, leaving Obergefell and lower-court rulings intact for now.
- Florida editorial boards are calling for immediate signature drives for two ballot initiatives: one to remove the 2008 constitutional ban and another to safeguard the right of same-sex couples to marry.
- Citing the reversal of Roe v. Wade and Justice Clarence Thomas’s past writings, advocates warn the conservative Court could still revisit marriage equality.
- More than 823,000 same-sex couples are married nationwide, with nearly 20% raising children, and nearly 100,000 couples reside in Florida.
- GLAAD notes that 24 states still have unenforceable anti-marriage provisions that could revive if Obergefell were overturned, heightening the push for state-level protections.