Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to same-sex marriage brought by Kentucky former county clerk Kim Davis Monday.
The challenge to the 2015 Obergefell vs. Hodges ruling was filed by Kim Davis, the former clerk of Rowan County, Ky., who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. She argued that it went against her religious beliefs.
Davis asked the court, which features a 6-3 conservative majority, to overturn Obergefell because the decision was based on the 14th Amendment's due process clause. She claimed that was "legal fiction." She also said a decision against her that forced her to pay damages to a couple who was denied a license violated her First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.
David Ermold and David Moore were refused a license and sued. The case found that Davis had violated a judge's order that required her to issue the license.
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