Following the Supreme
Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
in June, Kim Davis, a clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky began refusing to issue
marriage licenses, saying that her Christian faith bars her from authorizing
same-sex marriages. As a result of her
decision she was promptly sued and a federal district judge in eastern Kentucky
ordered her issue the licenses, but delayed his order to allow time for an
appeal. However, The United States Court
of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the lower court decision and denied her
request for a stay as did The US Supreme Court, and she was promptly ordered to begin issuing license. Yet, despite this order
Mrs. Davis still refused to issue license and as a result she was jailed and
held in contempt of court over the Labor Day weekend only to be released on the
condition that she would not interfere with her deputies who have been issuing
licenses. On Monday, Kim Davis returned to work and
made a statement that although she will not stop her deputies from issuing
license she went ahead and altered the form to remove her name and title from them, which has many
people concerned over the legality of these licenses Joining
me today to discuss the case and the ongoing fight for marriage equality in
Kentucky is Daniel J. Canon, one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs.
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