Ten years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide, the justices this fall will consider for the first time whether to take up a case that explicitly asks them to overturn that decision.

Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for six days in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to a gay couple on religious grounds, is appealing a $100,000 jury verdict for emotional damages plus $260,000 for attorneys fees.

In a petition for writ of certiorari filed last month, Davis argues First Amendment protection for free exercise of religion immunizes her from personal liability for the denial of marriage licenses.

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      Also, I’m glad we dodged the bullet of Biden being so old, because something something argle bargle “gerontocracy”. As if age is the fucking problem here, LOL. But people are so very easily set against one another over stupid stuff so that elitists like Taco can skip off with all the loot…

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          The tide on Israel is rapidly turning thanks to Trump being in charge.

          Now you know that if you try running a genocidaire again you will not win.

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            A Genocidal maniac like Trump.

            Trump was openly cheering the genocide well before the election.

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              So what, Biden’s policy was unlimited genocide and so too was Kamala’s.

              What would have been super cool and democratic is actually holding a primary election for presidential nominee, after Biden’s brain fully melted. But nope, can’t have democracy in America. We only anoint genocidal maniacs now.

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                People say that Biden was 100% on board with the genocide. But then people are stupid.

                The main issue was that Biden wasn’t acting fast enough for the dumbasses who never actually read the articles.

                And Harris was not Biden. She was just unwilling to criticize her boss while he was still her boss.

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                  Biden overrode Congress in multiple occasions to spend hundreds of millions of us tax dollars to rush bombs to Israel. To me, that’s 100% on board with genocide.

                  After Harris already had the nom, she said her policy on Gaza would not differ from Biden’s at all. And then she went on tour with Liz Cheney. To me, that’s 100% on board with genocide too.

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                    And yet, he also negotiated the only cease fires that actually happened. Israel violated those cease fires, Harris made some noises about being skeptical… If quiet noises

                    Whereas Trump was calling for a new Trump tower in Gaza.

                    You see how one option was significantly worse right?

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                Definitely can’t let the good get in the way of the perfect. That would be the true tragedy.