U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling legalizing marriage equality.The pugilistic former clerk of Rowan County has officially appealed an April ruling by U.S.
District Court Judge David Bunning that ordered her to pay $360,000 to David Ermold and David Moore for refusing to issue them a marriage license.Davis claimed her religious beliefs as an Apostolic Christian prevented her from condoning homosexuality or same-sex marriage.She was sentenced to six days in jail for contempt of court for violating a judge’s order to issue the licenses.
After being released, she eventually agreed to permit one of her deputies to issue same-sex marriage licenses.However, Bunning refused to set aside a jury verdict that found Davis liable for causing Ermold and Moore “ongoing stress, anguish, humiliation, and tension” from her refusal to issue them a license.
The jury imposed damages of $100,000, with Bunning finding, in a separate ruling, that Davis was also responsible for paying the couple’s attorneys’ fees.In a brief filed in the 6th U.S.
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