Jury awards $100,000 to Kentucky couple denied marriage license by ex-County Clerk Kim Davis [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Jury awards $100,000 to Kentucky couple denied marriage license by ex-County Clerk Kim Davis
BY DYLAN LOVAN
Updated 7:00 PM EDT, September 13, 2023
A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former county clerk Kim Davis over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Davis, the former Rowan County clerk, drew international attention when she was briefly jailed in 2015 over her refusal, which she based on her belief that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
A jury in Ashland, Kentucky, awarded David Ermold and David Moore each $50,000 after deliberating on Wednesday, according to lawyers for Davis. A second couple who sued, James Yates and Will Smith, were awarded no damages on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge David Bunning.
Bunning sent Davis to jail for five days in 2015 after holding her in contempt of court. She was parodied on Saturday Night Live and embraced by conservative politicians who traveled to Kentucky to support her.
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