September 1, 2015
By AP
A county clerk in Kentucky (click here) who has invoked “God's authority” and is defying the U.S. Supreme Court by refusing to license same-sex marriages has been summoned along with her entire staff to explain to a federal judge why she should not face stiff fines or jail time.
U.S. District Judge David Bunning moved swiftly Tuesday after a lesbian couple asked him to find Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in contempt. Davis told several couples and a crowd of supporters and protesters that her religious beliefs prevent her from sanctioning gay marriage, and then retreated again, closing her office door and blinds to the raucous scene outside....
I find it really odd the judge involved is calling her and the entire staff before the court. How is the entire office involved? Davis is in contempt of court. Is her other job being a pharmacist?
By AP
A county clerk in Kentucky (click here) who has invoked “God's authority” and is defying the U.S. Supreme Court by refusing to license same-sex marriages has been summoned along with her entire staff to explain to a federal judge why she should not face stiff fines or jail time.
U.S. District Judge David Bunning moved swiftly Tuesday after a lesbian couple asked him to find Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in contempt. Davis told several couples and a crowd of supporters and protesters that her religious beliefs prevent her from sanctioning gay marriage, and then retreated again, closing her office door and blinds to the raucous scene outside....
I find it really odd the judge involved is calling her and the entire staff before the court. How is the entire office involved? Davis is in contempt of court. Is her other job being a pharmacist?
