LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A decade after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling allowed same-sex couples across the nation to marry, justices are weighing a longshot bid to overturn that decision.

The pending appeal comes from Kim Davis, the former Rowan County clerk who refused court orders to issue same-sex marriage licenses in 2015 due to her religious beliefs. She spent five days in jail.

Davis was released after her staff issued the licenses on her behalf but removed her name from the form. The Kentucky legislature later enacted a law removing the names of all county clerks from state marriage licenses. Davis lost a re-election bid in 2018.

She is trying to get the court to overturn the order forcing her to pay $360,000 in damages to the couple she denied a license. Her lawyer repeatedl

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