I would never had fired, fined or jailed her, but if she is refusing to issue licenses for gays because there is no KY law telling her she must do so, why not continue to do so for others in the meantime? Has she said?
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Being that all KY marriage law states that marriage is heterosexual, and thus all KY marriage law is ruled invalid by SCOTUS, what law gives her authority to license ANY marriages?
Don't know, still trying to sort out all the details on this.
AFAIK she is following KY law, I guess her mistake was showing up in a Federal court thereby giving them jurisdiction.
Like I wrote, still trying to sort it all out.
“...but if she is refusing to issue licenses for gays because there is no KY law telling her she must do so, why not continue to do so for others in the meantime? Has she said?”
Not sure of her “official” response to your question, but it seems to me that she would then be opening herself up to the charge that she is not treating everyone equally, eg illegally discriminating, etc.
As it is, since the Kentucky laws (as well as a host of laws in many other states) have been declared unconstitutional by the five black robes, the Kentucky legislature must now meet to re-write their marriage laws in a way they think could pass constitutional muster (or, some other type of legislative remedy).
Therefore, perhaps Mrs. Davis (probably upon advice of legal counsel) figures it would be best to simply stop issuing ANY marriage licenses until the matter has been cleared up when the Kentucky legislature meets in January.