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The Supreme Court refused an appeal from an ex-Kentucky clerk who didn't want to issue a marriage license to same-sex couples.

.In 2015, the high court ruled in a case that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, legalizing same-sex marriage in the U.S.

The Supreme Court rejected a call to overturn its decision to legalize same-sex marriage across the country.

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The high court turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, a former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the SCOTUS ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015.

According to the Associated Press, Davis attempted to get the Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court order for her to pay $360,000 in damages and lawyer's fees to a couple denied a marriage lice

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