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Ex-clerk who refused to situation same-sex marriage licenses should pay $260,000 : NPR


LEXINGTON, Ky. — Former county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to situation marriage licenses in Kentucky to same-sex {couples}, should pay a complete of $260,104 in charges and bills to attorneys who represented one couple, based on a federal decide’s ruling.

That is along with $100,000 in damages a jury mentioned the previous Rowan County clerk ought to pay the couple who sued.

Attorneys for Davis had argued that the charges and prices sought by the attorneys had been extreme, however U.S. District Choose David L. Bunning disagreed and mentioned Davis should pay because the males prevailed of their lawsuit, the Lexington Herald-Chief reported.

Attorneys for Davis had been anticipated to enchantment the ruling.

Davis drew worldwide consideration when she was briefly jailed in 2015 over her refusal, which she based mostly on her perception that marriage ought to solely be between a person and a girl.

Davis was launched solely after her employees issued the licenses on her behalf however eliminated her identify from the shape. Kentucky’s state legislature later enacted a regulation eradicating the names of all county clerks from state marriage licenses.

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