Former Kentucky clerk urges Supreme Court to reconsider same-sex marriage in religious liberty case

For the first time since its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision, the U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to revisit the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

The case involves a former Kentucky county clerk who stopped issuing marriage licenses — including to a same-sex couple who later sued — after the Court recognized gay marriage as a constitutional right.

Kim Davis said issuing a marriage certificate to a gay couple went against her religious beliefs.

A lower court ordered Davis to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees to David Ermold and David Moore for violating their constitutional rights.

In her petition to the Supreme Court, Davis argues that the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause should protect her from personal liability.

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