Kentucky clerk Kim Davis found guilty of violating gay couples' rights

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : In 2020, Davis became part of a crusade to get same-sex marriage outlawed in the United States.
42% : Matt Clark, the lawyer who wrote the brief, said the Supreme Court's 2015 decision "could not be logically deduced from the text of the Constitution of found in the longstanding traditions of our people", and added: "Obergefell not only perverted the Constitution and changed the definition of marriage, but it also jeopardised the religious liberty of Kim Davis and millions of Americans who object to same-sex marriage."
41% : Davis first made headlines in 2015 while working as a clerk in Rowan county, Kentucky, when she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples "under God's authority" following the landmark Supreme Court ruling Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalised marriage equality across the US.
40% : Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who refused to same-sex marriage licenses, has been found guilty of violating gay couples' constitutional rights.
33% : In 2019, a court ruled that same-sex couples David Ermold and David Moore, and Will Smith and James Yates, could sue her for damages.

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