The US Supreme Court has refused to take up a high-profile case seeking to overturn the nationwide right to same-sex marriage, leaving the landmark 2015 ruling in place. In its brief order on Monday, the court offered no explanation for why it declined to hear the appeal filed by Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who became a national figure after she refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples. Davis had asked the court to revisit and overturn the decision that legalised gay marriage across the United States. Her refusal nearly a decade ago led to a lengthy legal battle. She was ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to a gay couple she had denied a licence. Her appeal raised fears among LGBTQ groups that the Supreme Court, which has a 6 to 3 conservativ

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