Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis asks Supreme Court to reverse same-sex marriage decision
ROWAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, JUL 24 – Kim Davis challenges the 2015 Obergefell ruling at the Supreme Court, seeking religious exemption and immunity after being ordered to pay over $360,000 in damages to same-sex couples.
- Kim Davis, the former Rowan County clerk, has asked the Supreme Court to reverse the same-sex marriage decision established in 2015.
- Davis believes marriage should only be between a man and a woman and previously denied marriage licenses to gay couples.
- Liberty Counsel, representing Davis, argues that the First Amendment should protect her actions regarding marriage certificates.
- In 2023, a federal judge mandated Davis to pay $360,000 in damages to David Ermold and his partner.
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A petition before the U.S. Supreme Court is asking the justices to consider overturning the 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in light of religious liberty concerns and a recent ruling reversing decades-old U.S. policy on abortion. #UnitedStatesSupremeCourt #LibertyCounsel #KimDavis #ObergefellvHodges #LGBT #Samesexmarriage
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