Stories tagged with: kentucky clerk

• Judge orders Davis freed from jail

  by Tom Strode, posted Tuesday, September 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  "So when is it that liberals get to choose which laws they support?"

  --Mike Huckabee

  ASHLAND, Ky. (BP) -- A federal judge freed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis from jail Tuesday (Sept. 8).

  David Bunning, a federal judge in Ashland, Ky., ordered Davis' release after he became convinced the deputy clerks in her Rowan County office had obeyed his order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. He ordered Davis to jail Sept. 3 when she again refused to comply with his previous order to grant licenses. Read More

• Same-sex couples get licenses; clerk sits in jail

  by Tom Strode, posted Friday, September 04, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Carter County (Ky.) Detention Center Photo

  MOREHEAD, Ky. (BP) -- Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis remained in jail Friday (Sept. 4) even as same-sex couples received marriage licenses from her office.

  William Smith and James Yates were the first of at least three gay couples to obtain licenses from deputy clerks in Rowan County after Davis refused for two months to grant the documents, citing her beliefs as a Christian. Five of Davis' deputy clerks agreed Thursday (Sept. 3) to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Read More

• Clerk loses, resists high court on marriage licenses

  by Tom Strode, posted Tuesday, September 01, 2015 (9 years ago)

  "This case is just another step along the sad road where erotic liberty trumps religious liberty.” -- Paul Chitwood

  MOREHEAD, Ky. (BP) -- A Kentucky county clerk not only lost at the U.S. Supreme Court Monday evening (Aug. 31) but now faces a likely contempt of court ruling for again refusing to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

  Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and her deputies turned away gay couples seeking marriage licenses Tuesday morning (Sept. 1) at their office in the eastern Kentucky town of Morehead. Their refusal came after the high court denied Davis’ request to ... Read More

• Ky. clerk to appeal order to issue same-sex marriage licenses

  by Leigh Jones/WORLD News Service, posted Friday, August 14, 2015 (9 years ago)

  ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (BP) -- A county clerk in Kentucky defied a federal judge's order to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples Thursday (Aug. 13), turning away two men who arrived at her office as soon as it opened. Read More