Kim Davis.Photo:Timothy D. Easley/AP
Timothy D. Easley/AP
A federal jury in Kentucky awarded a gay couple $100,000 on Wednesday, eight years after county clerkKim Davismade headlines when she refused to issue same-sex couples marriage licenses on religious grounds.
David Ermold and David Moore.Timothy D. Easley/AP
She was eventually freed from jail when Bunning ruled that the court was satisfied the clerk’s office was continuing to fulfill its obligation, because Davis' deputy clerks were issuing marriage licenses in her stead.
Though she was released in 2015, the legal matter has continued.
Last year, Bunning ruled that Davis violated the constitutional rights of the two couples who sued her with the trials held this week being used to determine the damages.
When Davis was freed from her five-day stint in jail in 2015, she became something of a poster child for social conservatives (including former Arkansas Gov.Mike Huckabeeand Texas Sen.Ted Cruz, who met with her upon her release).
Davis remained unrepentant following her jailing, telling reporters upon her release, “God’s moral law conflicts with my job duties. You can’t be separated from something that’s in your heart and in your soul.”
While her national profile has since diminished, Davis has remained a staunch opponent of same-sex marriage and, as NPR reports, eventraveled to Romaniain 2017 to advocate for a change to the country’s constitution that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman.
In 2018, Davis, a Republican,lost reelectionto the county clerk position to a Democrat.
source: people.com
