FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky clerk who spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples has asked a federal appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit against her because of a new state law that will take effect next month.
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling effectively legalized gay marriage last year. Two gay couples and two straight couples sued her. A federal judge ordered her to issue the licenses, but she refused and went to jail.
The state legislature approved a new law in April removing the county clerks’ names and authorizations from state marriage licenses. Davis said the law accommodates her religious beliefs and makes the lawsuit against her unnecessary.
A hearing was set for next month.
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So, she wants a get virtual out of jail free card…because a state law was passed to supersede a federal appeals court. I’m no lawyer but I don’t really think it works that way.
Anyone that wants to correct me, please do.
Don’t worry
a better excuse is coming soon…
“Your honor, it’s true I hit the defendant’s car, but there’s a law coming next month making rear-view cameras mandatory, and since his car didn’t have that camera, I’m not guilty.”
a minor point, if you’ve been paying attention, but the article fails to mention the specifics of the lawsuit brought against her … details do matter sometimes.
Why isn’t she pleading her case to Jesus to deliver her from these worldly proceedings?