Kentucky must pay $224,000 in legal fees related to former county clerk Kim Davis'
refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Davis, the former Rowan County clerk, was successfully sued by several couples in 2015 for refusing to follow the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling establishing a right to same-sex marriage.
In 2017, a federal district judge held that the couples suing Davis for marriage licenses clearly prevailed and that the state of Kentucky must pay their legal fees and costs.
While Gov. Matt Bevin has personally supported Davis, once calling her "an inspiration ... to the children of America," his lawyers argued in January that Davis should foot the legal bill, not the state.
