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The Alabama Legislature passed a bill replacing marriage licenses with marriage certificates in May 2019. [60] These final eight counties resumed allowing couples to marry on August 29, 2019. Several Kentucky counties initially refused to marry same-sex couples. In response, Kentucky reformed its marriage license forms and removed the name of ...
Chapter 2. The marriage relationship - Section 2.001. Marriage license. (a) A man and a woman desiring to enter into a ceremonial marriage must obtain a marriage license from the county clerk of any county of this state. (b) A license may not be issued for the marriage of persons of the same sex. Chapter 6.
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.
A former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples a decade ago is appealing a ruling ordering her to pay thousands in attorney fees.. The appeal filed by ...
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LGBTQ rights in Kentucky Kentucky (USA) Status Legal since 1992 (Kentucky v. Wasson) Gender identity Transgender individuals may alter their birth certificate after sex-reassignment surgery Discrimination protections Sexual orientation and gender identity protections (see below) Family rights Recognition of relationships Same-sex marriage since 2015 Restrictions Kentucky Constitutional ...
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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Kentucky since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. The decision, which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages, was handed down on June 26, 2015, and Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced almost immediately that the court's order would be implemented.