US Supreme Court refuses to revisit same-sex marriage ruling

The Catholic Herald.

The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to revisit its 2015 ruling that legalised same-sex marriage across the country.

The court turned away an appeal by Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples on religious grounds.

The decision, made without comment on Monday, leaves in place a lower court order requiring her to pay about $360,000 in damages and legal costs to a couple denied a licence…

The Catholic Church teaches that marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman and therefore cannot recognise same-sex marriage. While it calls for respect, compassion and sensitivity toward people with same-sex attraction, it maintains that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” and that legal recognition of such unions is not permissible. A 2003 Vatican document reaffirmed that respect for homosexual persons “cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behaviour or to legal recognition of homosexual unions.” Under Pope Francis, the Church has allowed priests to offer non-liturgical blessings to same-sex couples in certain circumstances but insists these are distinct from marriage.

A recent YouGov poll found that only 54 per cent of American adults supported same-sex marriage, the same proportion recorded in a separate June survey on recognising same-sex marriage as a constitutional right. In that earlier poll, 26 per cent said the issue should be decided by individual states. The results contrast with a 2021 CBS News/YouGov poll that found that 64% of Americans supported same-sex marriage while 36% were opposed.

The findings suggest a modest but notable softening in public enthusiasm for same-sex marriage after years of steady approval. For Christians opposed to its legalisation, the numbers may appear encouraging, though analysts caution that the results could reflect statistical fluctuation rather than a lasting shift.

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