A federal judge on Monday suspended
proceedings in a case challenging a Kentucky clerk's claim that her
office can refuse to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian
couples based on her faith.
The American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) of Kentucky filed a class action lawsuit against Rowan County
Clerk Kim Davis after she decided to stop issuing marriage licenses
to all couples rather than serve gay couples.
Plaintiffs in the case are four couples
who were refused a license from Davis' office. Half of the couples
are gay.
Following the Supreme Court's ruling
striking down marriage bans in all 50 states, Davis pledged never to
issue a marriage licenses to a gay couple, saying it would be a
violation of her Christian faith.
“It's a deep-rooted conviction; my
conviction won't allow me to do that,” Davis said. “It goes
against everything I hold dear, everything sacred in my life.”
Davis' attorneys told U.S. District
Judge David Bunning that the court does not have jurisdiction over
Davis, who failed to appear at the hearing, because she has not been
officially notified of the litigation.
Bunning suspended the hearing until
Davis could be notified.
2 comments:
Bitch, you don't work in a fucking church. Do your JOB, or QUIT.
yes I've been thinking about these guys who Stand Up To Be Counted because of their alleged `beliefs`
is it time someone gave them a psycho-analytic examination?
we know there will be millions who don't like same-sex marriage, but accept it like all the other things we have to accept in the modern world and can't do anything about, and hey they have their life to be getting on with anyway
but what about these high profile jerks who risk everything by downing tools and defying the highest court in the land? I'm no psycho-analyst but my experience tells me there are problems here. I would bet that none of them are happily married themselves. They might look that way to the outside world, but what about behind closed doors? It's not their beliefs that are the problem, but their issues
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