Judge orders Rowan clerk to appear in court Thursday after she again denies marriage licenses

The Lexington Herald-Leader ^ | September 1, 2015 | JOHN CHEVES

[Timber Rattler]

A federal judge has ordered Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and her deputies to appear in his courtroom Thursday and explain why Davis should not be held in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses.

Shortly after opening her doors Tuesday, Davis told two same-sex couples who asked for marriage licenses that she would not issue them, despite a federal court injunction ordering her to do so.

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Davis, an Apostolic Christian, has refused to issue any marriage licenses in Rowan County since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage June 26. U.S. District Judge David Bunning issued a preliminary injunction Aug. 12 ordering Davis to resume issuing licenses. She appealed to the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, both of which denied her.

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Davis, a Democrat, was elected to a four-year term last November. She cannot be removed from her roughly $80,000-a-year post unless the General Assembly impeaches her.

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While he was inside Davis' office, Moore asked Rowan County Sheriff Matt Sparks to arrest the clerk for refusing to obey the law. The sheriff declined, telling Moore it was a matter for the federal courts, not for local law enforcement.

[Genoa]

Yes, I believe you’re right, it’s the gay mafia. They are mean enough. And the media accept it and use it, because they enjoy it and it beats working for a living.

[T-Bone Texan]

We need to take it back in our lifetimes or we will have lost.

Permanently.