Mat Staver, the Liberty Counsel attorney who is representing Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has come up with yet another outrageous comment on the case. Right Wing Watch reports that Staver appeared on the “WallBuilders Live” radio program today, where he said that requiring Davis to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is like requiring her…
Standing outside the detention center where she is being held, Kim Davis’ attorney has announced that she will appeal her contempt of court ruling, reports The Advocate. Mat Staver of the right-wing anti-LGBT legal group Liberty Counsel said at the press conference yesterday that Thursday’s hearing, at which U.S. District Judge David Bunning found the…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has launched a new digital campaign asking Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Donald Trump to take a position regarding Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was held in contempt in federal court yesterday for her disobedience of a federal court order directing her to begin issuing marriage licenses to…
Marriage equality has finally arrived in Rowan County, Ky. After defiant county clerk, Kim Davis, was held in contempt of court for her refusal to follow the law yesterday, an official in the clerk’s office today finally complied with the law and began issuing marriage licenses. “Today, the needless wait for loving and committed couples…
Today, Rowan County, Ky. clerk Kim Davis was found in contempt of court by a federal judge for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses on religious grounds. Davis was led away by U.S. marshals and taken into custody reports Reuters. “The court doesn’t do this lightly,” District Court Judge David Bunning said in ordering she…
The video above shows the scene inside the Rowan County courthouse this morning. The footage shot by Lisa Williams shows angry demonstrators demanding that County Clerk Kim Davis do her job. This is after Davis once again defied the order of Kentucky’s governor and federal courts — including the Supreme Court — and refused to…
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is still refusing to issue marriage licenses despite a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court against the clerk. The clerk cited “God’s authority” as her reason for continuing to defy the law. Shortly after 8 A.M., Davis’ office refused licenses to the first two couples to enter the courthouse following yesterday’s…
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined a petition from Kentucky’s Rowan County clerk Kim Davis for an emergency stay on a court order requiring her to immediately start issuing marriage licenses to all eligible applicants, including same-sex couples. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) welcomed the news as affirmation that personal religious opinions of public officials…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today denied a request from Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis of Kentucky to issue a stay on a lower court’s ruling that orders her to immediately resume issuing marriage licenses – including to same-sex couples – regardless of her religious objections to marriage equality. U.S. District…
U.S. District Judge David Bunning temporarily stayed his order requiring Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis of Kentucky to immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as she appeals his decision to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Last week Judge Bunning had ordered to issue licenses to two gay couples without…
