Kentucky Gov Removes Clerk Names from Marriage Certificates To Protect Kim Davis

Kim Davis reacts towards her parents after appearing at a rally outside the Carter County Detention Center, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Grayson, Ky. Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issu... Kim Davis reacts towards her parents after appearing at a rally outside the Carter County Detention Center, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Grayson, Ky. Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was released after five days behind bars. (Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT MORE LESS
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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) has issued an executive order to remove county clerk names from marriage certificates in an effort to guard individuals like Kim Davis from violating their religious liberties.

According to the Associated Press, Bevin announced Tuesday that the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives will print a new certificates without county clerk names.

This all comes after Davis was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because she claimed it violated her religious rights.

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  1. Challenge it in Court tomorrow and get an injunction. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, bigots.

  2. And if an LGBT couple asks Davis for a license form that she now doesn’t have to actually sign, won’t she still think she’s enabling them if she even gives them the form?
    Rather than give Davis an out for not doing her job, why not just kick her out?

  3. Indeed. The bigots’ goal posts are on wheels.

  4. So long as they’re legal.

  5. Heeeere we go! Let ratfucking begin.

    I cain’t buhleeve 'at Bevin tooken away muh healfcur issurnce. 'Ats nawt what Ah done voted fur. No, siir, Ah done voted to teach 'at Mouslem who da fucks really in churge.

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