The Kentucky county clerk who was briefly jailed after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is running for reelection next year, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Citing her personal beliefs, Rowan County clerk Kim Davis refused to give marriage licenses to gay couples following the 2015 Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Five couples sued her, and a judge ordered her to issue the licenses. Davis spent five days in jail after she still refused.
The legal battles resulted in nearly $225,000 in court fees, The Kentucky Herald-Leader reported, which the state was forced to pay.
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