I see your point, but her refusal as Clerk also invalidates her deputies.
“The licenses that were issued were issued without the authority of the clerk of Rowan County and they are not valid,” says Staver. “There are criminal law in Kentucky that say if you issue a license to someone that is not authorized by statute, that there are criminal penalties for that.”
I read the statue. Her or a deputy. There is no stipulation that they need her permission.