Why Supreme Court is still weighing in on same-sex marriage

(The Christian Science Monitor) Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk in Kentucky who has repeatedly refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, must begin issuing marriage licenses to all qualified couples, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.

This comes after Justice Elena Kagan, who oversees the sixth district, denied her application for a stay on a federal order calling on her to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Davis has refused to issue any marriage licenses since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages across the nation in June, on the grounds that the Supreme Court's ruling violates her religious freedom. Davis has argued that even allowing willing deputies to file same-sex marriage licenses would compromise her religious beliefs.