NEW: US Supreme Court rejects an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who cited her religious beliefs in refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
, the former Kentucky county clerk who gained national attention five years ago when she cited her religious beliefs in refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples., two of the conservative justices said the 2015 ruling making same-sex marriage the law of the land amounted to a"cavalier treatment of religion." Davis"may have been one of the first victims" of the decision,"but she will not be the last," wrote Clarence Thomas for himself and Samuel Alito.
But lawyers for the gay couples said the issue was much more narrow — whether government officials have immunity when they act in a way that they know violates the law.
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