Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis spent six years in jail in 2015 when she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couple David Moore and David Ermold. She claimed that she did so 'under God's authority.' However, her opposition to the same-sex marriage cost her $100,000 for emotional damages and an additional $260,000 in attorneys' fees.
Moore and Ermold filed the case insisting they had a right to marry under the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges case. The US Supreme Court ruled that under the Fourteenth Amendment, the fundamental right to marry is protected by the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses. Hence, it applies to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples.
