The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a case challenging the decade-old landmark ruling granting a constitutional right nationwide to same-sex marriage.

The conservative-dominated court, as is customary, did not provide any explanation for its decision to reject the case.

Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who defied a court order and refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, had asked the court to overturn its decision legalizing gay marriage.

Davis was ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages and legal fees to a gay couple who were among those she refused a marriage license.

Conservatives have a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court. Davis’s appeal of the award had raised concerns among the LGBTQ+ community that the court — which struck

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