Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

Supporters of the LGBT community wave their flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Cour, Oct. 8, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

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

Davis had been trying to get the court to overturn a lower-court order for her to pay $360,000 in damages and attorney’s fees to a couple denied a marriage license.