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

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Source: AP

Updated 12:03 AM EDT, June 23, 2025


The Kentucky county clerk who became known around the world for her opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage is still arguing in court that it should be overturned. Kim Davis became a cultural lightning rod 10 years ago, bringing national media and conservative religious leaders to eastern Kentucky as she continued for weeks to deny the licenses. She later met Pope Francis in Rome and was parodied on “Saturday Night Live.”

Kim Davis denied marriage licenses to same-sex couples

Davis began denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. Videos of a same-sex couple arguing with Davis in the clerk’s office over their denial of a license drew national attention to her office.

She defied court orders to issue the licenses until a federal judge jailed her for contempt of court in September 2015. Davis was released after her staff issued the licenses on her behalf but removed her name from the form. The Kentucky Legislature later enacted a law removing the names of all county clerks from state marriage licenses.

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Apparently she has a new "occupation" that involves making her irrelevant craven self relevant and staying in the news. She's fighting the judgement after being waved away by the Appeals Court -

A federal judge has ordered Davis to pay a total of $360,000 in damages and attorney fees to Ermold and his partner. Davis lost a bid in March to have her appeal of that ruling heard by a federal appeals court, but she will appeal again to the Supreme Court. Her attorney, Mat Staver of the Liberty Counsel, said the goal is affirm Davis’ constitutional rights and “overturn Obergefell.”