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Kimberly Jean Davis (née Bailey; born September 17, 1965) is an American former county clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky, who gained international attention in August 2015 when she defied a U.S. federal court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
David Ermold and David Moore married in October, 2015 in Morehead, Ky. The couple had previously been denied a marriage license by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. Ermold is now running for county clerk.
The name of the county clerk does not appear on the license. [45] The Kentucky Senate passed an initial version of the bill on March 9, 37–0, but the House amended it on March 26, 97–0. Initially, the bill would have created two forms of marriage licenses, one using "bride" and "groom", and the other one using "first party" and "second party".
Same-sex sexual activity in Kentucky has been legally permitted since 1992, although the state legislature has not repealed its sodomy statute for same-sex couples. Same-sex marriage is legal in Kentucky under the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The decision, which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on ...
Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis understood the Supreme Court's 2015 gay marriage decision," but still refused to issue marriage licenses, a federal judge said.
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Case # 13-CI-1074 was assigned by the Franklin County Court Clerk (the location of the Kentucky State Capitol). The lawsuit was conceived by President Jordan Palmer, written and signed by Vice President of Legal Jillian Hall, Esq. On April 16, 2015, the case was decided in favor of the plaintiff by Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Thomas D ...
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