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WATCH: Gay Kentucky couple insulted and abused by county workers when they ask for a marriage licenseA gay Kentucky couple met a hostile greeting when they attempted to request a marriage license in the county where theyve lived for 10 years.
David V. Moore and David Ermold went Tuesday with a videographer friend to the courthouse in Rowan County to ask County Clerk Kim Davis to issue a marriage license.
Davis has vowed never to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple and has claimed she has the religious freedom to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court ruling and orders from the governor and state attorney general.
Its a deep-rooted conviction; my conscience wont allow me to do that, Davis said. It goes against everything I hold dear, everything sacred in my life.
The ACLU of Kentucky filed a lawsuit last week against Davis who is among just two of the states 120 county clerks to refuse to follow the law on behalf of a lesbian couple and a gay couple who were also turned away.
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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/watch-gay-kentucky-couple-insulted-and-abused-by-county-workers-when-they-ask-for-a-marriage-license/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=15&v=QU3yCvJWtDU
irisblue
(33,041 posts)seems to be a minimal requirement....Rowan county needs to review job requirements and fire her.
Botany
(70,627 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)Stupid is as stupid does, and these clerks are discrediting the jurisdictions of which they are obligated to do business vis-à-vis the public.
LeftinOH
(5,359 posts)F*ck that. That person has a value system which is simultaneously sanctimonious and pathetic.
Ilsa
(61,709 posts)Victoria Texas. Even Harris Co (Houston) is referencing Tyler's response to a clerk in a nearby county:
https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2015/jul/07/das-letter-about-gay-marriage-widely-distributed/
The gist of it is that the clerk can be sued, and although Tx AG Paxton says they don't have to issue a marriage license, the clerks cannot expect Paxton or the county to cover their legal expenses.
Tyler also said that Paxton is way off base claiming that the SCOTUS decision is a suggestion, not a ruling.
The letter is in a pdf form on the above page.
avebury
(10,953 posts)in Kim Davis' office who refuse to issue a marriage license to a same sex couple. If the Governor of Kentucky has issued an order that County Clerk's should issue the licenses then, if a County Clerk refuses to do so, he/she should do so at their own financial peril. Tax payers should not be require to fund any legal defense.
Any County Clerk refusing to do his/her job should be fired for non-performance of their job duties.