The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who became a symbol of religious resistance to same-sex marriage a decade ago, leaving her liable for hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages and decisively rejecting a long-shot attempt to overturn marriage equality in America. The court offered no explanation for its decision, and no justices noted any dissent.
Davis, who served as clerk of Rowan County in rural northeastern Kentucky, made international headlines in 2015 when she refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples following the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Obergefell v Hodges. Citing her conservative Christian faith, she denied licences to several couples, including David Moore and David Ermold, who subsequently sued her for violating their constitutional rights.
