US Supreme Court rejects call to overturn decision legalising same-sex marriage

Member of the US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has called for erasing the same-sex marriage ruling (Alamy/PA)

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalised same-sex marriage nationwide.

The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v Hodges.