Full Court of SC has denied the stay of Ky clerk without comment... [View all]
Don't know it posted yesterday but worth it post again. I am glad that Kegan went to the full court with this.
Supreme Court rules against clerk in gay marriage case (UPDATED)
Monday, August 31, 2015
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis
MOREHEAD, Kentucky — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, and the clerk will arrive at work Tuesday morning to face her moment of truth.
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“Wow, wow, wow, I can’t believe it, we might finally be able to get a license tomorrow,” April Miller said Monday night, shortly after the court’s decision. She has twice been denied a license to marry her partner of more than a decade.
Davis stopped issuing all marriage licenses in the days after the landmark decision. Two gay couples and two straight couples sued her, arguing that she must fulfill her duties as an elected official despite her personal religious faith. A federal judge ordered her to issue the licenses, and an appeals court upheld that decision. Her lawyers with the Liberty Counsel filed a last-ditch appeal to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking that they grant her “asylum for her conscience.”
Justice Elena Kagan, who oversees the 6th district, referred Davis’ request to the full court, which denied the stay without comment. Kagan joined the majority in June when the court legalized gay marriage across the U.S.
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