Kim Davis’ lawyers say altered marriage licenses are valid

Beshear said the only inheritance in the race is the millions of dollars spent by the Republican Attorney General’s Association on Westerfield’s behalf.

Almost a dozen Rowan County leaders want to meet with Governor Steve Beshear to ensure the disruption that happened in Morehead over same-sex marriage doesn’t happen again.

Democrat Andy Beshear says the governor can not change a section of law by executive order. He said that legal background makes him best qualified for the job as Kentucky’s chief law enforcement official.

As for his large campaign treasury, Beshear said: “No contribution, no matter how big or how small, would ever influence a decision I made in that office”. She has appealed the orders to the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Both supported restoring voting rights to felons convicted of nonviolent and nonsexual crimes, and they said Kentucky must work harder to bring ex-convicts back into society after they serve their time.

Rowan County clerk Kim Davis defied federal law by refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses.

Public servants such as Davis have a responsibility to “help and govern and protect all of the people of this country”.

“It has never really been about a marriage license – Rowan County has issued the licenses – it is about forcing their will on a Christian woman through contempt of court charges, jail, and monetary sanctions”, he said. In doing so, Andy Beshear defended his father’s handling of the contentious issue in socially conservative Kentucky.

Asked how they would change the office of attorney general if elected, Westerfield said he would increase the resources dedicated to litigation, so he could bring more lawsuits against the federal government and the state itself if he thought they were encroaching on the rights of individuals or businesses, such as the coal industry.

Westerfield said Gov. Steve Beshear should have issued an executive order to exempt Davis and other clerks from issuing licenses to same-sex couples due to religious objections. And they said the ACLU was trying to “needlessly create controversy where it does not now exist”. Minus as executive order, Westerfield said Beshear should convene the General Assembly in special session to take up the issue.