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Kentucky: Clerk Refusing to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Jailed

HeadlineSep 04, 2015

In Kentucky, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has been jailed after a federal judge ruled her in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis had stopped issuing all marriage licenses rather than comply with the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. In an interview with the conservative radio program Crosstalk America, Kim Davis’ lawyer, Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel, compared the judge’s ruling to the actions of officials in Nazi Germany.

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