MOREHEAD, Kentucky-- Cheers erupted outside the Rowan County clerk’s office on Friday morning as William Smith Jr. and James Yates emerged with a newly-issued marriage license. It was the sixth time the couple had tried to get one, having been previously refused by deputies under Clerk of...
Bevin said he directed the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives to issue the revised marriage license forms to all county clerks. The executive order comes after Davis, the Rowan County clerk, spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis sa...
Ky. Gov. Approves Marriage License CompromiseThe article reports on the executive order issued by Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin in January 2016 which mandates that signatures from county clerks is no longer required in marriage licensesEBSCO_AspChurch & State...
At least one of the four couples that sued Davis has not yet received a marriage license. Five of Davis' six deputy clerks - all except her son, Nathan - agreed to issue licenses to gay couples with Davis behind bars. In lifting the contempt order, Bunning asked for updates on the cler...
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Ordered Pay Gay Couple $100,000 For Denying Them Marriage License A federal jury awarded a gay couple $100,000 after they sued former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis for refusing to grant two same-sex couples, David Ermold and David Moore, and, James Yates and Will Smith...
This Man Was Denied a Marriage License by Kim Davis, Now He Wants Her JobDavid Ermold applied to run for Rowan County Clerk in Kentucky today. ByKatie Van Syckle lgbtq rightsMay 2, 2017 A Court Just Ruled That Same-Sex Couples Can Sue Kim DavisThe couple’s case had previously been thr...
Kentucky Clerk Denies Marriage License to Same-Sex Couple ... Again Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has refused to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple for the third time C Dugan 被引量: 0发表: 2015年 Judge Orders Kentucky Clerk to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses. Kim Davis ...
A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples after she wouldn't issue them marriage licenses — a refusal that sparked international attention and briefly landed her in jail in 2015.
Davis continued to fend off hopeful same-sex couples on Wednesday, turning away two men from Ohio who'd driven to Rowan County for a marriage license. Robbie Blankenship and Jesse Cruz acknowledged they could have sought a license in their home state, or in another Kentucky county, but said...
In Kentucky, county clerks issue marriage licenses, and someone else must "solemnize" the marriage. Then the license can be filed with the county clerk. Davis argued that issuing a same-sex marriage license that contains her signature is the same as her approving the marriage, which she said...