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Kim Davis Does Not Block Deputies from Issuing Marriage Licenses

HeadlineSep 15, 2015

In Kentucky, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis did not prevent her deputies from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples Monday on her first day back at work after she was jailed for refusing to provide the licenses herself. Davis said she herself would not authorize same-sex marriage licenses.

Kim Davis: “Any unauthorized license that they issue will not have my name, my title or my authority on it. Instead, the license will state that they are issued pursuant to a federal court order. Judge Benning indicated last week that he was willing to accept altered marriage license, even though he was not certain of their validity.”

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