Clerk who denied same-sex marriage licenses in 2015 is still fighting Supreme Court's ruling

The clerk of a tiny Kentucky region who became known for denying same-sex matrimony licenses is inactive warring the Supreme Court determination 10 years later

The Kentucky region clerk who became known astir the satellite for her absorption to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage is inactive arguing successful tribunal that it should beryllium overturned.

Kim Davis became a taste lightning rod 10 years ago, bringing nationalist media and blimpish spiritual leaders to eastbound Kentucky arsenic she continued for weeks to contradict the licenses. She aboriginal met Pope Francis successful Rome and was parodied connected “Saturday Night Live.”

Davis began denying matrimony licenses to same-sex couples aft the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling successful Obergefell v. Hodges connected June 26, 2015.

Videos of a same-sex mates arguing with Davis successful the clerk’s bureau implicit their denial of a licence drew nationalist attraction to her office.

She defied tribunal orders to contented the licenses until a national justice jailed her for contempt of tribunal successful September 2015. Davis was released aft her unit issued the licenses connected her behalf but removed her sanction from the form.

The Kentucky Legislature aboriginal enacted a instrumentality removing the names of each region clerks from authorities matrimony licenses.

Davis said her religion forbade her from what she saw arsenic an endorsement of same-sex marriage. Faith leaders and blimpish governmental leaders including erstwhile Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and then-Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin rallied to her cause.

After her merchandise from jail, Davis addressed the media, saying that issuing same-sex matrimony licenses “would beryllium conflicting with God’s explanation of matrimony arsenic a national betwixt 1 antheral and 1 woman. This would beryllium an enactment of disobedience to my God.”

Davis declined a petition for an interrogation from The Associated Press for this story.

In 2018, 1 of the men who had confronted Davis implicit her defiance ran for her office. David Ermold said helium believed radical successful Rowan County were sick of Davis and wanted to determination on.

When helium went to record his papers for the Democratic primary, Davis, a Republican, was determination successful her capableness arsenic clerk to motion him up. Sitting crossed a table from each other, the cordial gathering contrasted the archetypal clip they met 3 years earlier.

Both candidates lost; Ermold successful the superior and Davis successful the wide election. She has not returned to politics.

Davis' lawyers are attempting again to get her lawsuit earlier the Supreme Court, aft the precocious tribunal declined to perceive an appeal from her successful 2020.

A national justice has ordered Davis to wage a full of $360,000 successful damages and lawyer fees to Ermold and his partner.

Davis mislaid a bid successful March to person her entreaty of that ruling heard by a national appeals court, but she volition entreaty again to the Supreme Court. Her attorney, Mat Staver of the Liberty Counsel, said the extremity is affirm Davis' law rights and “overturn Obergefell.”

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