A former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples back in 2015 is now being slapped with over $360,000 in fines.
A gay couple walked into the Rowan County courthouse soon after the Obergefell decision to legalize gay marriage. There they met Kim Davis, the county clerk at the time, who refused to hand out any marriage licenses.
When asked “under whose authority” she refused, she said, “under God’s authority.” Davis was then jailed for five days for contempt of court. Nine years later, she is now ordered to pay $100,000 in damages to the gay couple, and over $260,000 in legal fees.
Davis plans to appeal the jury’s decision, saying she is entitled to her sincerely held religious beliefs, an accommodation she has been seeking since 2015.