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.
5 of 6 deputy clerks agree to issue marriage licenses. Davis’s son, a deputy clerk, will not be held in contempt. pic.twitter.com/mpxyAtnWNU
— LEX 18 News (@LEX18News) September 3, 2015
#KimDavis – Marriage licenses will now be issued in Rowan County, Kentucky. By, at least, the deputy clerks but not Davis.
— Bryan Hughes (@bryanweather) September 3, 2015
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.
#KimDavis:Judge says she should not be released from custody even if deputies issue a license. Says it’s rewarding her for bad behavior.
— WOWK 13 News (@WOWK13News) September 3, 2015
#KimDavis Davis is still in custody at federal courthouse in Ashland. After hearings for deputies she’ll have one more chance to change mind
— WOWK 13 News (@WOWK13News) September 3, 2015
This post has been updated.
