Kim Davis ordered to pay $260,000 for refusing to issue marriage license to gay couple

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(CHRISTIAN POST) – Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis must pay $260,000 in attorneys’ fees and other expenses for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015.

United States District Judge David L. Bunning of the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a memorandum opinion and order last week awarding plaintiffs $246,026.40 in attorneys’ fees and an additional $14,058.30 in other expenses.

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“The Court is mindful that in this case, Plaintiffs not only prevailed, but obtained the result sought. They sought to vindicate their fundamental right to marry and obtain marriage licenses; and they did so,” wrote Bunning.

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