UPDATE: 600,000 actions to stop Amy Coney Barrett

Friend, earlier this week, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. However, conservative Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito gave us a [hint]( on how the court could rule on future cases involving marriage equality and other LGBTQ+ rights if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed. Justices Thomas and Alito used this opportunity to weigh-in on the 2015 landmark decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, that gave same-sex couples the right to marry under the 14th amendment, writing that the decision: "enables courts and governments to brand religious adherents who believe that marriage is between one man and one woman as bigots, making their religious liberty concerns that much easier to dismiss"… and by choosing "a novel constitutional right over the religious liberty interests explicitly protected in the First Amendment, and by doing so undemocratically, the court has created a problem that only it can fix… Until then, Obergefell will continue to have ruinous consequences for religious liberty." This statement should have us all very worried about future rulings from the court if Trump and McConnell get their way and confirm Amy Coney Barrett, who is already on the record saying she doesn't agree with the court's ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges. Marriage equality is just one civil liberty that could be overturned if Barrett gets confirmed to the highest court in the land -- reproductive freedom, immigration reform, access to affordable healthcare, voting rights, climate change policy and so much more is at stake. [Stopping Trump and McConnell from stealing another Supreme Court seat is one of Daily Kos' top priorities. Daily Kos readers have already taken over 600,000 actions demanding that Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement isn't confirmed till after Inauguration Day and we are not letting up. Please help us in this fight by giving $5 NOW.]( Keep fighting, Amanda McKay, Daily Kos If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible. (Please note that we may be slow to process checks during the coronavirus outbreak.) Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.