Texas judge who refused to officiate same-sex weddings sues to overturn marriage equality
Dianne Hensley is the new Kim Davis as she sues to overturn marriage equality with the hopes the Supreme Court will hear her.
December 22, 2025
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Dianne Hensley is the new Kim Davis as she sues to overturn marriage equality with the hopes the Supreme Court will hear her.
“If a future case should overturn Obergefell, it goes right back into that language that has existed in our constitution since a public vote in 2004," state Sen. Jeremy Moss told The Advocate.
“I hope the Supreme Court halts further attempts by public officials to use their personal faith to deny others their civil and human rights,” the civil rights icon told The Advocate.
The announcement came Monday morning.
The justices will meet privately this week to decide whether they will hear the former Kentucky clerk's latest appeal.
The justices will meet on Friday to consider whether to grant Kim Davis a hearing on her challenge to marriage equality.
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The former Kentucky county clerk went to jail rather than issue marriage licenses to a gay couple, and now she's gunning to overturn marriage equality in the U.S. Supreme Court.