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    Kim Davis is ordered to pay $100,000 to same-sex couple she denied marriage license

    The former clerk in Rowan County, Ky., was sued by two same-sex couples to whom she refused to grant marriage licenses, claiming it violated her religious beliefs. Her attorney says she will appeal.
    by Laurel Wamsley Sep 14, 2023 2 minutes
    Updated September 14, 2023 at 2:35 PM ET

    A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a same-sex couple who sued a former county clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue them a marriage license, claiming that doing so would violate her religious beliefs.

    Kim Davis, the former clerk in Rowan County, Ky., was sued

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