Davis v. Beshear

Case on appeal regarding whether a county clerk’s religious beliefs can exempt her from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

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February 26, 2026
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Davis v. Beshear (2015).
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Davis v. Beshear [2015] — Case on appeal regarding whether a county clerk's religious beliefs can exempt her from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/davis-appeal/, accessed April 11, 2026).
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Year: 2015 Outcome: Pending
Holding: Case on appeal regarding whether a county clerk's religious beliefs can exempt her from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Davis v. Beshear is a Free Exercise case in 2015. The court held that case on appeal regarding whether a county clerk's religious beliefs can exempt her from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The case resulted in a Pending outcome.