A video has surfaced on YouTube which apparently shows two men being denied a marriage license in Morehead, Kentucky by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis.
When the couple is finally allowed to approach the counter, they present copies of the recent Supreme Court decision as well as Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s executive order requiring all county clerks to issue marriage licenses.
The employees are unmoved by this evidence and continue to deny the couple their marriage license. A woman presumed to be Clerk Davis finally appears at 11:12 in the video, and she begins her interaction with the couple by asking one of the female supporters recording the encounter to “put your phone away”.
The supporter responds by saying “This is his right to have this filmed as well”. Ms. Davis continues to insist that the supporter stop filming, and she apparently complies since that is where the tape ends.
The ACLU is now suing Ms. Davis for failure to carry out her duties.
ACLU of Kentucky Cooperating Attorney Laura Landenwich said in a statement, “Ms. Davis has the absolute right to believe whatever she wants about God, faith, and religion, but as a government official who swore an oath to uphold the law, she cannot pick and choose who she is going to serve, or which duties her office will perform based on her religious beliefs."
UPDATE: I think it's worth noting that Ms. Davis' "deeply held religious beliefs" apparently only affect her views on gays. With regard to the sanctity of marriage, it's become public knowledge that Davis is currently on her FOURTH marriage.
I don't judge the three failed marriages, but since divorce is frowned upon in the Bible I wonder why Davis doesn't address her own life's challenges before she denies couples a marriage license.
Clearly Davis knows how to fill out the paperwork considering her own four licenses...
(from PINAC.com)
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