Judge rules that Kentucky clerk who refused
to issue marriage license to same sex-couples
in 2015 violated their constitutional rights
Posted By: Ribicon, 3/19/2022 11:10:22 PM
A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples who were among those to whom she wouldn't issue marriage licenses—a refusal that sparked international attention and briefly landed her in jail in 2015. US District Judge David Bunning in Ashland issued the ruling Friday in two longstanding lawsuits involving Kim Davis, the former clerk of Rowan County, and two same-sex couples who sued her.(Snip)Bunning reasoned that Davis 'cannot use her own constitutional rights as a shield to violate the constitutional rights of others while performing her duties as an elected official.'
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You are required to issue a marriage license that you know to be false and sinful, and the aggrieved parties, who could simply have gone to another clerk, can ruin you with lawsuits out of pure malice. It's right there in the Constitution, says the Dubya appointee. The deeply religious Dubya, who once out of office revealed his secret support for Gay marriage, abortion, and other traditional atheist sacraments, would agree.