The Supreme Court just dropped a bombshell — one that officially closes a long, bitter legal fight that’s divided America for nearly a decade.
On Monday, the high court refused to reopen the debate over same-sex marriage, rejecting an appeal from former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis — the Christian woman who became a national symbol of religious liberty after she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples in 2015.
That decision leaves intact the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide and sparked fierce backlash among conservatives who said it trampled the First Amendment rights of believers like Davis.
Kim Davis: From Clerk to Christian Symbol
Davis, once a quiet county clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, found herself at the center of a national firestorm when she refused to sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples after Obergefell. Her stand on faith landed her in jail for several days in 2015 after she defied a federal court order.
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