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Moreover, Davis’ legal reasoning doesn’t hold water as she knew full well going into the election for her position that she would have the distinct probability of having to issue licenses to same-sex couples as a core component of her taxpayer-funded position.

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.

Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk, who stopped issuing all marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling legalizing gay marriage, is on vacation.

Should the Supreme Court have taken the power to decide the same-sex marriage issue away from the people in the states? Government, like any employer, has an obligation under federal law to accommodate her religious convictions, he said.