ASHLAND, Ky. (LEX 18) — A jury has determined how a lot former Rowan County clerk Kim Davis will probably be paying to a homosexual couple after a federal choose dominated their constitutional rights had been violated.
It took the jury solely two and a half hours to award damages to a homosexual couple that Davis denied a wedding license to again in 2015.
David Ermold and David Moore tried to get a wedding license when Davis was the Rowan County clerk on the time, however Davis mentioned she would not do it as a result of it was a violation of her spiritual rights. The story gained nationwide consideration.
On Wednesday, the jury awarded the couple $100,000 ($50,000 for every particular person) for violating their 14th Modification proper to marry.
We’re instructed there is a good chance that Davis may must pay all their legal professional charges for the previous eight years.
To learn the response from Davis’ attorneys, click on right here.
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