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Supreme Court rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ruling

Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk, refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses in 2015.

FILE - In this June 26, 2015, file photo, a crowd celebrates outside of the Supreme Court in Washington after the court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the U.S. On Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, the Justice Department brief filed telling the Supreme Court that federal law allows firing workers for being transgender. The brief is related to a group of three cases that the high court will hear in its upcoming term related to LGBTQ discrimination in the workplace. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
By Naaji Joseph

The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from former county clerk, Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015. The decision leaves in place more than $350,000 in damages and upholds the precedent set by Obergefell v. Hodges.

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