Report: Every Deputy Clerk But Kim Davis’ Son Agree To Issue Licenses

People gather outside the Rowan County courthouse where County Clerk Kim Davis refuses to issue marriage certificates to same-sex couples as she believes it is against her religious beliefs Protests for and against ... People gather outside the Rowan County courthouse where County Clerk Kim Davis refuses to issue marriage certificates to same-sex couples as she believes it is against her religious beliefs Protests for and against same-sex marriage outside Rowan County courthouse, Kentucky, America - 01 Sep 2015 (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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After Rowan County clerk Kim Davis was taken into federal custody Thursday for repeatedly refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, every deputy clerk but Davis’ son have said they would grant licenses.

Local stations reported the only deputy who did not agree to wed gay couples is Davis’ son, but he will not be held in contempt, LEX 18 reported.

Davis and all of her staff were summoned to court by a federal judge Sept. 1.

WOWK also reported that the judge who sent Davis into custody won’t release her even if the deputies start granting licenses to gay couples.

This post has been updated.

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  1. Hold her until she either agrees to her job or she resigns.

  2. what recourse do the three have if Davis gets out and takes retribution?

  3. Excellent. I hope to see photographs of the happy beaming faces of that poor couple who were so humiliated and traumatized on Monday this afternoon.

  4. And she will, I’m sure. Recall that her own son works in that office, and her mother ran the office for the 37 years prior to Kim Davis taking over a few months ago, so the behind-the-scenes office politics there was probably pretty nasty before this. And when she does start making life more miserable for her staff than it was already, we’re back to the same problem that she is an elected official who cannot be easily fired or disciplined by the state or county.

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