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Clerk defies U.S. high court, denies gay marriage licenses
Reuters ^ | September 1, 2015 | STEVE BITTENBENDER

Posted on 09/01/2015 8:17:31 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey

A Kentucky county clerk, defying a new U.S. Supreme Court decision, rejected requests for marriage licenses from three same-sex couples on Tuesday in a deepening legal standoff now two months old, attorneys for the couples said.

Citing her religious objections, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has refused to issue any marriage licenses since the Supreme Court in June ruled that same-sex couples had the right to marry under the U.S. Constitution.

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To: tanknetter
On another thread someone mentioned that this clerk is a DEMOCRAT.

Anyone know for sure, have a source?

I don't know if she is a Democrat but she has been married four times. Which is the height of irony.

41 posted on 09/01/2015 9:59:49 AM PDT by gdani (No sacred cows)
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To: pfflier

Exactly....

taking a meaningful stand...particularly one thats become this unpopular requires quite a bit of courage!


42 posted on 09/01/2015 10:02:39 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I’m waiting for the first license issued to a man and his dog....


43 posted on 09/01/2015 10:03:35 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: tanknetter

That, I do not know


44 posted on 09/01/2015 10:04:23 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: gdani; tanknetter

See post 21 in this thread.


45 posted on 09/01/2015 10:04:39 AM PDT by Ray76 (When a gov't leads it's people down a path of destruction resistance is not only a right but a duty.)
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To: gdani

It’s Kentucky. As you age your teeth to marriage ratio is supposed to approach 1.

(my Kentucky native wife and inlaws wouldn’t think that’s funny, btw)


46 posted on 09/01/2015 10:06:35 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: MeshugeMikey

Someone please help me here. Where in the U.S. Constitution is the “gay marriage” right? Where is the legislation written by congress and signed into law by a president? There is no gay marriage law. Same as Roe v Wade. Where is the legislation written by congress and signed into law by a president? There is no pro-abort law. These are “rulings” by the court. Rulings are not law, are they?


47 posted on 09/01/2015 10:39:48 AM PDT by MomMcGraff
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To: MomMcGraff

That kind of changed with Mitt Romney. The Mass Screams ordered the legislature to change the law, something entirely new. And Mitt went ahead and acted like the law had already been changed. That has now become the new national precedent for situations like this one.

It’s like wildfire. Sometimes if it gets where we don’t want it to be, it’s our fault.


48 posted on 09/01/2015 10:44:00 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: FreedomPoster

I could be wrong, but I think it refers to the state constitution.


49 posted on 09/01/2015 10:52:00 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Kentucky Constitution
Section 228
Oath of officers and attorneys.

Members of the General Assembly and all officers, before they enter upon the execution of the duties of their respective offices, and all members of the bar, before they enter upon the practice of their profession, shall take the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and be faithful and true to the Commonwealth of Kentucky so long as I continue a citizen thereof, and that I will faithfully execute, to the best of my ability, the office of .... according to law; and I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that since the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending, so help me God.

Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.
History: Not yet amended.

That whole “I will support the Constitution of the United States” thing is pretty unequivocal. So just No, on your comment.


50 posted on 09/01/2015 11:14:01 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Obama is pissing all over his Oath with no consequences.


51 posted on 09/01/2015 11:15:19 AM PDT by AU72
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To: MomMcGraff

this is what happens when reality is “fundamentally transformed”...


52 posted on 09/01/2015 11:33:42 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: AU72

While I don’t disagree, this had little to do with that, other than indirectly through his USSC appointments.


53 posted on 09/01/2015 11:48:51 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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