The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago.

Gay Americans expressed relief Monday after the Supreme Court denied a request to revisit a decade-old decision that established same-sex marriage as a national right.

In the months after Obergefell was decided and Davis remained staunch in her refusal to follow the new law, she was sued by a handful of gay couples, held in contempt by a federal judge, and jailed fo...