Former Rowan County clerk Kim Davis (mug shot)Kim Davis, the former clerk in Rowan, Kentucky, has been ordered to pay $100,000 to a same-sex couple for refusing to issue them a marriage license.
You’ll recall back in 2015, after the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states with the Obergefell v. Hodges decision, Davis righteously declared that issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples went against her religious beliefs and refused to do so.
Davis went to jail for five days on contempt of court charges and was eventually released after a deputy clerk approved the two couples’ requests for marriage licenses.
A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a same-sex couple who sued a former county clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue them a marriage license, claiming that doing so would violate her religious beliefs.https://t.co/r4HJDwLEKT
— FFRF (@FFRF) September 14, 2023
Davis was sued by two same-sex couples to whom she refused to grant marriage licenses, and in 2022 the district court found her personally liable in both cases but only awarded damages in one.
On Wednesday, a federal jury awarded $100,000 to a same-sex couple, David Ermold and David Moore, who sued Davis for her refusal to issue them a marriage license.
In the case Ermold v. Davis, the jury awarded $50,000 to each of the plaintiffs. No damages were awarded in the case Yates v. Davis.
A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former county clerk Kim Davis over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. https://t.co/HapzFtnAkb
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 14, 2023
F*ck Around and Find Out. Kim Davis must pay $100,000 to a gay couple that she denied a marriage license https://t.co/YR9OyNA7Xb
— gregorie. (@mistergeezy) September 14, 2023