Miller v. Davis

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

David L. Bunning, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

In the summer of 2015, the Supreme Court put the national debate concerning same-sex marriage to bed. The Court determined that same-sex couples need not “await further legislation, litigation, and debate,” and held that the Constitution’s fundamental right to marry extended to same-sex couples. Obergefell v. Hodges, — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2584, 2605, 192 L.Ed.2d 609 (2015). The dissenting justices warned that there would be “consequences to shutting down the political process on an issue of such profound…