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Kentucky couple say it has been ‘devastating’ to be repeatedly turned away by Kim Davis
Kentucky couple David Ermold and David Moore, together 17 years, want to get married in the county where they live.
But Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and her religious opposition to same-sex marriage keeps standing in their way.
Davis, who has all but exhausted her legal options, told the couple she was refusing their request for a license on ‘God’s authority’ as the couple were refused a license for a third time after a tense confrontation Tuesday (1 September).
‘It’s devastating to me,’ Ermold tells MSNBC. ‘I don’t have the words to explain how disappointing it is.’
Things got personal during the exchange when Ermold told the four-times married Davis that he and Davis had been together for 17 years and asked pointedly: ‘What’s the longest you’ve been with someone?’
Ermhold doesn’t think he will return until after battle is settled.
‘I don’t know that I could handle another rejection,’ he says. ‘It seems to be getting worse and it’s escalating over time. The next time we go back, I really want it to be that we’re getting a marriage license. I was so disappointed (Tuesday). I thought we were going to walk out of there and be holding that license high in the air.’
Moore believes what Davis wants ‘is to be a martyr.
‘(She) can believe whatever she wants but it shouldn’t effect how she does her job.’
While Davis’ attorneys are asking that her religious convictions be accommodated, the couple believes what they are asking for is an accommodation to discriminate.
‘There’s a difference between the county clerk in an official capacity and Kim Davis as a person,’ Ermhold says. ‘When you walk through those doors and you take on that role, you have a responsibility to the people of your county.’
Davis and her deputies have been ordered to appear in federal court on Thursday (3 September) to explain why they have not began issuing marriage licenses. The US Supreme Court denied her request this week for more time as she battles a ruling against her in an appellate court.
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