The group representing Davis, the religious nonprofit Liberty Counsel, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review Davis's case with the goal of overturning the landmark Obergefell v Hodges ruling that legalized same sex marriage nationwide. They also want to see the former clerk's decision to deny marriage licenses to gay couples based on her religious beliefs affirmed, and judgments totaling $360,000 against her rolled back.
Liberty Counsel argues that the high court should revisit Obergefell "for the same reason articulated in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Center," the case that triggered the reversal of Roe v Wade.
Chris Hartman with the pro-LGBTQ Fairness Campaign has said he believes a Supreme Court reversal on same-sex marriage is less likely than decisions focused on transgender issues, but it's not an impossibility.
"I'll say this to LGBTQ couples, however, those who are already married, it is extraordinarily unlikely that their marriages would be unraveled by a Supreme Court ruling, but there is always a slim possibility that the Supreme Court could choose to end the right of LGBTQ marriage for future couples," he said.
Whether the Davis case would be the catalyst is another question.
The high court declined to intervene in Davis' case back in 2020. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, both of whom dissented from the court's same-sex marriage ruling, said they agreed with the court's decision not to accept Davis' appeal.