The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday affirmed its landmark 2015 same-sex marriage ruling, Obergefell v. Hodges, by rejecting an appeal from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Davis had sought to overturn a lower court order requiring her to pay $360,000 in damages and fees to a same-sex couple she denied a marriage license to after the 2015 ruling.
Key Takeaways:
- The constitutional right to same-sex marriage nationwide remains intact.
- The court has reinforced that officials who refuse to comply with constitutional rights face consequences.
- Justice Clarence Thomas remains the only current justice to openly call for erasing the Obergefell decision.
Kim Davis Must Pay $360K: Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision
The Supreme Court has delivered a final decision in the case of Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who drew national attention for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015.
The justices rejected Davis’s appeal, which means she must pay $360,000 in damages and attorney’s fees to the couple she denied a license. The ruling leaves the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex marriage decision firmly in place.
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Kelley Robinson commented: “The Supreme Court made clear today that refusing to respect the constitutional rights of others does not come without consequences.”
