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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...

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.

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

The office has been encouraging the Davids and other couples seeking marriage licenses to go to another county’s courthouse.

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.

U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning rejected Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’ claim that her Christian faith should exempt her from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and ordered her on Wednesday to hand out the licenses. “Though she has six employees...