Posted on 09/04/2015 1:10:26 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
The Kentucky county clerk, jailed for failing to follow a judge’s orders to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, wants her name removed from the marriage certificates, her attorney Matthew Staver told ABC News.
“She has a very strong conscience and she’s just asking for a simple remedy, and that is, remove her name from the certificate and all will be well,” Staver said. “That simple remedy has simply been ignored by the court and by the governor and that’s what should have been done.
“I think it’s reprehensible that she’s in jail for this when a simple fix could have been easily handled.”
Marriage licenses in Kentucky are required to include an authorization statement of the county clerk issuing the license. Some state lawmakers, as well as the Kentucky County Clerks Association, have suggesting having clerks' names removed from marriage licenses. Staver said at a news conference this afternoon Davis "has no intention to resign."
“She will never violate her conscience," Staver said to reporters.
In the meantime, five of Davis’ deputies – facing the prospect of jail time themselves – started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples at the Rowan County Courthouse today. A sixth clerk, Kim Davis' son, remains a holdout but has not been jailed.
"I don't really want to, but I will comply with the law," deputy clerk Melissa Thompson said in court Thursday, weeping while she stood before the packed courtroom. "I'm a preacher's daughter and this is the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life.
"I don't hate anybody," she added. "None of us do."
Davis’ stay in jail has not made her reconsider her stance, Staver said.
“One thing about Kim, she may be incarcerated behind the jail bars but her conscience remains free.
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It wouldn’t surprise me if there are several other counties with much higher paying clerk positions. These other clerks have decided what their price is I guess.
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