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Attorney Aims to Overturn Landmark Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

8/22/2025

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Mat Staver, a religious-right attorney, labels the Supreme Court's Obergefell ruling as detrimental to the Constitution.
He seeks to overturn the 2015 decision, referencing Kim Davis, a clerk jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
Staver contends that Obergefell undermines religious liberty and the traditional family structure.

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Mat Staver, a religious-right attorney, labels the Supreme Court's Obergefell ruling as detrimental to the Constitution.
He seeks to overturn the 2015 decision, referencing Kim Davis, a clerk jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
Staver contends that Obergefell undermines religious liberty and the traditional family structure.