Same-Sex Marriage Returns As 2016 Issue, Worrying Some Republicans
A clerk's refusal to grant marriage licenses to gay couples has prompted a renewed assault on the Supreme Court ruling by Republican presidential candidates.
Rowan County Clerk of Courts Kim Davis stands with her attorney Mat Staver (R) and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (L) in front of the Carter County Detention Center on September 8, 2015 in Grayson, Kentucky.
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Just when they thought they were out, Kim Davis pulled them back in.
Republican strategists are worried that the return of same-sex marriage as a presidential campaign piñata could hurt the party in the 2016 general election, putting it on the wrong side of a growing majority of Americans that believes gay couples should have the right to marry. National Republicans operatives hoped the issue was settled in June when the Supreme Court ruled to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.