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Kentucky clerk again refuses to grant marriage license to same-sex couple
MOREHEAD, Ky. – A Kentucky county clerk temporarily closed her office Thursday, hours after denying a marriage license to a same-sex couple. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples in the two months since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage across the country.
A note taped to the doors of Davis’ office said: “sorry our office is closed for computer upgrades. ETA 1 hour.”
Davis and an entourage of deputy clerks walked out of the office and drove away. She declined to comment.
As she left, gay rights activists shouted at her.
“Gay or straight, black or white, marriage is a civil right,” they chanted.
Davis cites her Christian faith and constitutional right to religious freedom in refusing to issue licenses. She has defied orders from a federal judge and an appeals court, and has said she will not resign from her elected position.
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