Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis – who famously refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Rowan County back in 2015 and was briefly jailed for refusing to do so – is trying once again to squirm out of paying the gay couples who sued her and asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Obergefell ruling that made marriage equality the law of the land.
Kim Davis again asks Supreme Court to hear her case, hopes to overturn gay marriage https://t.co/s6TSaovRmt
— Lexington Herald-Leader (@heraldleader) July 24, 2025
From the Lexington Herald Leader:
Kim Davis has persistently fought back against lawsuits filed against her by the couples she denied licenses to.
Now, her attorneys with Liberty Counsel are asking the high court to weigh in on three points:
• Whether Davis’ First Amendment religious liberty rights were infringed upon when she was asked to certify marriage certificates for gay couples, since it violated Davis’ evangelical Christian beliefs.
• Whether she has qualified immunity that should shield her from having to pay, now as a private citizen, hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to the gay couple who has since sued her.
• And whether the very case that legalized gay marriage in 2015, Obergefell v. Hodges, should be overturned.
A jury ordered Davis to pay $100K to David Ermhold and David Moore, who sued her for refusing them a marriage license.
A separate judgment requires her to pay more than $260,000 to cover the cost of the couple’s legal fees.
Kim Davis Petitions SCOTUS To Overturn Obergefellhttps://t.co/EXWLv7XtM6 pic.twitter.com/okgzatHm5o
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) July 24, 2025
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