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Kentucky county clerk refuses to issue marriage certificates to LGBTI couples
A Kentucky county clerk insists issuing marriage licenses to LGBTI couples places him in ‘prison.’
Casey County Clerk Casey Davis was a guest last night, 1 July, on the MSNBC show All In with Chris Hayes.
The local official insisted no matter what the Supreme Court decided, he will not approve certificates for same-sex couples.
‘I did not take an oath that said I would lay my personal feelings down to do this job nor will I ever do that,’ Davis said to Hayes, according to The Courier-Journal.
‘As a matter of fact I said I would do this job to the best of my ability, so help me God, and the best of my ability does not go beyond what my conscience will allow me to do,’ he continued.
Governor Steve Beshear has issued a directive for all clerks to follow the high court’s ruling. However, on 29 June, Davis wrote a letter in protest.
‘To me, that puts me in a “prison” and it puts government on the wrong side of, as our Declaration (of Independence) states, the laws of nature,’ Davis said in the letter, according to The Courier-Journal.
Below is a clip of the MSNBC interview:
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