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Bill would exempt clerks from issuing gay marriage licenses
Two Republican state representatives have filed a bill that would protect county clerks from criminal or civil liability for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of their religious beliefs.
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Decision delayed in Kentucky clerk’s same-sex marriage case
A federal judge has delayed a decision on whether a local official can use her religious beliefs to justify not issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Same-sex marriage back in court in Kentucky
A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments about county clerk Kim Davis, who has refused to issue marriage licenses after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Resistance to gay marriages travels a well-worn path
Legal experts suggest that history might hint at how the coming months will unfold, as a handful of defiant clerks across the South and Midwest refuse to abide by the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that legalized gay marriage.
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Bevin: Kentucky should stop issuing marriage licenses
Matt Bevin said in a news release the government should be out of the marriage business altogether, saying two consenting adults should not need to ask for permission to enter into a contractual relationship.
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Kentucky clerk says governor told him to issue licenses or resign
Casey Davis said he would go to jail before he resigned and vowed he would not issue any marriage licenses in Casey County after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages in all 50 states.
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Kentucky governor tells clerk to issue gay marriage licenses
Kentucky’s governor told a county clerk of court Thursday that he should either issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples or resign.
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Kentucky governor: No special session for marriage licenses, issue already settled by Supreme Court
It would cost about $60,000 a day to call the legislature back in session, and Beshear said there was no need to do that for an issue the Supreme court has settled.
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Top Kentucky Democrat wants special legislative session to discuss marriage licenses
It’s unclear what House Speaker Greg Stumbo wants the legislature to do. Stumbo says he is drafting legislation to help address the issues some of the state’s county clerks are having, but did not say what those issues were.
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Ky. clerk who objects to same‑sex marriage wants state to issue licenses online so he doesn’t have to
Casey County Clerk Casey Davis says same-sex marriage violates his religious beliefs. He stopped issuing marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage.