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“We’re just really happy right now to finally get married and have it recognised here”, Yates, who proposed to Smith this year after a 10-year relationship, said shortly before getting the license.

A county clerk has appealed a judge’s decision to put her in jail for refusing to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples. John Kasich said that Davis should comply with the judge’s order, saying that while he respected her convictions, she is a government...

Five out of six deputies in her office, however, said they would be willing to grant licenses to same-sex couples, and at least three such couples have obtained them today. Deputy clerk Brian Mason, who had a sign in the office reading “marriage licence deputy”, shook...

She denied the couple more than three times, so U.S. District Judge David Bunning found her in contempt of court.

James Yates and William Smith Jr. were turned away by a deputy clerk in Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’ office Thursday morning when they asked for a marriage license. U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered Davis to issue marriage licenses two weeks ago. Davis has not...

A federal judge says Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis will have to resume issuing marriage licenses on August 31st unless an appeals court says otherwise according to Kentucky Public Radio Capitol Reporter Ryland Barton.

A crowd of activists has gathered outside the Rowan County Clerk’s Office after her office continued to refuse to issue marriage licenses.