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 Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn landmark same-sex marriage decision
11/10/25 07:16 AM
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Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn landmark same-sex marriage decision
Story by Melissa Quinn • 15m • 3 min read
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not reconsider its landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, rejecting a bid by former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to overturn the decision.
Davis, who served as the Rowan County clerk, drew national attention when she stopped issuing marriage licenses to gay and straight couples in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which held that the 14th Amendment guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry.
Soon after the ruling, then-Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear sent a letter to all Kentucky county clerks directing them to immediately license and recognize the marriages of same-sex couples. But Davis had said that affixing her name to marriage licenses for gay couples would violate her sincerely held religious belief that marriage is between one man and one woman.
Kentucky later enacted a law that removed clerks' names and signatures from its marriage licenses. But until then, Davis and her deputies denied marriage licenses to several same-sex couples, including David Moore and David Ermold……
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-overturn-landmark-same-sex-marriage-decision/ar-AA1Q9qEP?ocid=BingNewsSerp
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