The petition to the Supreme Court was simple in intent, if not in expectation. It was to hear a case that could open the door to revisiting Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that invented a constitutional right to “same-sex marriage.”
Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, sought vindication for acting on her conscience. Her appeal wasn’t just about her—it was about the legal fiction that redefined the oldest institution on earth.
But the nation’s High Court refused to hear it.
The Court’s silence has ignited speculation across the political spectrum. Some say the case was too weak a “vehicle,” entangled in procedural technicalities rather than a direct constitutional challenge. Others argue the justices—particularly after the firestorm of Dobbs—are wary of inflaming another cultural battle.
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And still others point to what’s called “social embedding,” the idea that same-sex “marriage” has become too woven into the fabric of modern life to unwind without chaos. In other words, it’s here, it’s entrenched, and reversing it would be too disruptive.
“It’s the law of the land.” Seems like we’ve heard that before.
That last theory seems most plausible, at least to me. Obergefell is no longer just a legal precedent—it’s a social pillar in a nation that has enshrined its rebellion. The “marriages” have been performed, the laws rewritten, the consciences dulled. To disturb that foundation, they believe, would uproot too many “households,” too many institutions, too many illusions of peace. And so, even a so-called conservative Court declines.
But make no mistake, when even those who profess to uphold truth decline to help a nation do the right thing, it is not restraint—it is judgment. Scripture tells us what happens when God “gives them up” to dishonor their bodies among themselves (Romans 1:24).
When the moral order is inverted, and the family—the image-bearing design of God Himself—is redefined by decree, the curse is already at work. We do not need to wait for fire to rain down from heaven to see it. History already shows us what happens next. Nations that normalize sexual perversion soon crumble under the weight of their own corruption.
So yes, the Court may have its “reasons”—political, procedural, pragmatic. But the higher court has already ruled. A nation that exchanges the truth of God for tolerance of evil will reap destruction, not freedom.
Yet, the decline of courage at the bench mirrors the decline of conviction in the pew. And when that happens, the verdict is not mercy—it’s divine abandonment.
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