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Rowan County Clerk asks US Supreme Court to intervene in her standoff against gay marriage
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is hoping the US Supreme Court will step in and issue a stay on a federal court’s order that she begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
On Friday (28 August), lawyers for Davis made an emergency filing with the nation’s high court stating that Davis ‘holds an undisputed sincerely-held religious belief that marriage is a union between a man and a woman, only.’
It states that Davis does not believe same-sex marriage is marriage.
‘If a S(same-sex marriage) license is issued with Davis’ name, authorization, and approval, no one can unring that bell. That searing act of validation would forever echo in her conscience. And yet, the (same-sex marriage) mandate demands that she either fall in line (her conscience be damned) or leave office (her livelihood and job for three-decades in the clerk’s office be damned).’
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has previously weighed in telling Davis and other clerks to issue licenses or resign.
Davis and her office have stopped issuing licenses to all couples, including opposite sex couples, because of her religious objections to same-sex marriage. She was sued by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four couples – two straight and two gay – after a 26 June Supreme Court ruling made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.
The US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday (25 August) denied a request by Davis to keep denying licenses while she appeals her case. A federal judge ruled earlier this summer that she could no longer legally refuse to issue and a three-judge panel of the appellate court stated they do not believe Davis has much of a chance of prevailing in the lawsuit.
Davis is being represented by the Florida-based Liberty Counsel.
H/T: Towleroad
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