Fed Appeals Court Rules Kim Davis Can Be Sued Over Gay Marriage License Refusals

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, with son Nathan Davis, a deputy clerk, reads a statement to the press outside the Rowan County Courthouse on Sept. 14, 2015 in Morehead, Ky. Davis did not interfere with marriage licenses issued after she returned to work. (Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS)
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, with son Nathan Davis, a deputy clerk, reads a statement to the press outside the Rowan County Courthouse on Sept. 14, 2015 in Morehead, Ky. Davis did not interfere with marriage license... Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, with son Nathan Davis, a deputy clerk, reads a statement to the press outside the Rowan County Courthouse on Sept. 14, 2015 in Morehead, Ky. Davis did not interfere with marriage licenses issued after she returned to work. (Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the Kentucky county clerk who gained notoriety for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015 can be sued, Reuters reported. 

The 3-0 decision by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati upheld a  previous ruling by U.S. District Judge David Bunning in Kentucky that Kim Davis can be sued in her individual capacity for the denial of licenses to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in 2015. The decision will toss the lawsuits from two couples pursuing a lawsuit against Davis back into his court.

The appeals court judge called the Supreme Court ruling “as sweeping as it was unequivocal” and said the two couples suing her could argue she “acted unreasonably,” in Reuters words.

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  1. Good! Maybe Huckabee and company can did into their deep pockets and pay for the settlement.

  2. They are going to be allowed to sue her??? How can this happen in 19th century America? Oh wait…

  3. The appeals court judge … said the two couples suing her could argue she “acted unreasonably spitefully.”

    FIFY!

  4. She acted DEMONIC in not fulfilling the law!

    Additionally she abandoned the Oath she took when she accepted the position as court clerk!

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