It’s been a decade since the US Supreme Court recognised a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in the landmark case, Obergefell v Hodges. The US Supreme Court will meet today to consider a request to overturn that 2015 decision.
In 2015, Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk, made global headlines when she refused to grant a marriage license to a gay couple based on her religious beliefs. The couple, David Moore and David Ermold, filed a lawsuit against her, alleging she had violated their constitutional right to marry.
In a separate case, a US District judge ordered Davis to issue marriage licences to both gay and straight couples. When she refused, she was briefly jailed.
