The U.S. Supreme Court rejected today a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered clear of the contentious case some 3-1/2 years after its conservative majority reversed abortion rights.

A former official who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its landmark ruling that guaranteed the right to same-sex marriage. However, the Supreme Court rejected the bid.

Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to same-sex marriage brought by Kentucky former county clerk Kim Davis Monday.

Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.

The Supreme Court declined to overturn its same-sex marriage decision. Find out what this means for legal marriage rights.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices, without comment, 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.

The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

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 […]

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

The Supreme Court quietly ignored Kim Davis’s last stand Monday,

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk...

The Supreme Court rejected an effort by a former Kentucky county clerk to revisit its 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which grants same-sex couples the right to marry.