The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on Monday that sought to overturn a decade-old landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

The appeal was filed by Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015, defying a court order.

Davis asked the Supreme Court to reconsider Obergefell v. Hodges , which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. She argued that the ruling unconstitutionally violated her right to practice religion freely under the Free Exercise Clause . Hearing the first appeal of the case, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that, in this instance, her First Amendment rights could not be violated in her capacity as a public official.

“When Davis denied Plaintiffs a marriage license

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