Nuptial dispute: clerk imprisoned.

AuthorSlade, Stephanie
PositionCitings - Issuance of gay marriage licenses being against the religious belief of Kim Davis - Brief article

A COUNTY clerk was held in contempt of court and jailed after refusing to abide by a judge's ruling in September. Kim Davis, the elected clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, maintains that issuing marriage licenses to gay couples violates her religious beliefs as an Apostolic Christian. But in the wake of this summer's Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the country, U.S. District Judge David Bunning ruled that she did not have a choice.

"Our form of government will not survive unless we, as a society, agree to respect the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions, regardless of our personal opinions," Bunning wrote. Davis' response was to turn away all couples seeking marriage licenses from her office, gay and straight alike. She also refused to allow...

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