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The Lexington Courier-Journal reports:
A federal appeals court upheld a ruling Friday requiring Kentucky to pay $224,000 in legal fees related to former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’ refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Davis was successfully sued by several couples in 2015 for refusing to follow the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling establishing a right to same-sex marriage. In 2017, a federal district judge held the couples suing Davis for marriage licenses clearly prevailed and that the state of Kentucky must pay their fees and costs.
But Gov. Matt Bevin’s lawyers argued in January that Davis should foot the legal bill, not the state. Bevin had once called Davis “an inspiration … to the children of America” and supported her as he ran for election.
BREAKING: A federal appeals court just upheld a ruling requiring Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses after marriage equality became the law, to pay $224,000 in attorney’s fees and costs.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is responsible for paying. pic.twitter.com/PCMfBEy5wk
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 23, 2019
Let this be a reminder to every politician: If you use your position to discriminate against LGBTQ people, it will cost you.
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 23, 2019
6th Cir. says no QI for Kim Davis, holds that she violated the Fourteenth Amendment when she withheld marriage licenses from gay couples, and that the right was clearly established when she did it, citing Obergefell. https://t.co/SeTN4magkA pic.twitter.com/eBs4LzLZcx
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) August 23, 2019
BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit federal court of appeals affirmed a lower court ruling awarding attorney's fees to a couple denied a marriage license by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. Davis refused to issues licenses after #LGBT marriage was the law of the land. https://t.co/8gpvTfUQaw pic.twitter.com/w8q2muuN9C
— ACLU of Kentucky (@ACLUofKY) August 23, 2019
Bevin administration's attempt to shirk fees in Kim Davis lawsuit rejected by appeals court https://t.co/F7sBssmXdL
— Courier Journal (@courierjournal) August 23, 2019