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US Judge Jails Kentucky Clerk For Refusing Same-sex Couples Marriage Licenses by eraserwiper: 9:48pm On Sep 03, 2015
A federal judge ordered a defiant county clerk to jail for contempt Thursday after she insisted that it would violate her conscience to follow court orders to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and her deputy clerks were summoned to appear before U.S. District Judge David Bunning after she repeatedly denied gay couples marriage licenses, citing her religious beliefs and “God's authority.”

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