The Supreme Court has been asked to overturn gay marriage a decade after it was legalised.

Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk, filed a petition calling on justices to take away the right to marry for same-sex couples, claiming the original ruling was “egregiously wrong”.

Davis, 59, served five days in prison in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licences to David Ermold and David Moore on religious grounds shortly after same-sex marriage was legalised.

She was ordered to pay $100,000 to the couple for emotional damages and $260,000 to cover their attorney fees.

In a 90-day writ filed last month, Davis appealed the payments, arguing her First Amendment protections to practise her religion freely protected her.

She also urged the high court to review its decision in the Ober

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