"(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) The Supreme Court refused Monday to take up a long-shot petition that sought to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationally. The court turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples and consequently became a symbol for the opposition movement. The justices offered no explanation for refusing the request, which would have required at least four votes to place the case on the docket."
"Davis asked the court not only to reverse an order requiring her to pay more than $300,000 to a couple she had refused a license, but to go further and toss out the very ruling that made same-sex marriage a constitutional right ten years ago. Her lawyers leaned heavily on Justice Clarence Thomas, the only sitting justice who has openly urged scrapping the same-sex marriage ruling."
The Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. The court offered no explanation and would have needed at least four votes to place the case on the docket. Davis sought reversal of an order requiring her to pay more than $300,000 and asked the court to overturn the 2015 ruling that made same-sex marriage a constitutional right. Her lawyers emphasized Justice Clarence Thomas, who has openly urged scrapping the same-sex marriage ruling and dissented in 2015.
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