As it stands right now there is no LAW that authorizes Kim Davis to issue a marriage license to a same sex couple. If there is such a LAW please give me the statutory cite.
A county clerk is an administrative position and she is only authorized to follow the law as written. She is in jail because she will not violate the law.
In this case the judge has no authority to send her to jail. She has committed no crime.
Is there a law that authorizes Davis to marry couples of different races?
If so, please cite to it.
Or, perhaps, Davis is authorized to approve all marriages that meet a general criteria. And now, like it or not, gay marriages are included.