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Kim Davis' legal team pushes to overturn Obergefell, citing Dobbs decision

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 file photo, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, talks with David Moore following her office's refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky.
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 file photo, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, talks with David Moore following her office's refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky.

The former Rowan County clerk who was jailed after refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples is being represented by the legal team Liberty Counsel, which aims to use the case to overturn same-sex marriage at the federal level.

Liberty Counsel filed a brief Monday which argues Davis was entitled to a religious accommodation in discriminating against same-sex couples. Over the past year, Davis was ordered to pay over $360,000 to a couple she had denied a marriage license to. Liberty Counsel seeks to appeal and, in the process, overturn Obergefell v Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

In their brief, Liberty Counsel points to the Court’s 2022’s Dobbs decision which overturned Roe v Wade as a framework and precedent to overturn marriage equality.

Liberty Counsel is designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.