Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Religious Liberty Challenge on Same-Sex Marriage

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief(Worthy News) – In a disappointing setback for religious freedom advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court declined without comment to hear former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis’s appeal, leaving in place a $360,000 judgment against her for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The justices let stand lower court rulings that found she violated couples’ constitutional rights under the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges