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September 1st, 2015 
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Print FriendlyLawyers Seek Contempt of Court Charges Against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis who says she is Acting on “God’s Authority” by Ignoring the US Supreme Court
Gay Couples Stand Up For Their Rights Against Bigotted County Clerk
David Moore and his partner, David Ermold, confronted Kim Davis on September 1 when she refused to grant them a marriage licence. Davis told them that the clerk’s office would not be issuing any marriage licenses today, when asked under what authority she was denying them a license, she claimed to be acting “under God’s authority.” Those seeking licenses told her she was welcome to have her personal religious beliefs but they did not belong in a county building and should not be used as an excuse for denying them their legal rights under law.
In the heated exchange, couples being denied a license accused Davis of bigotry. Moore shouted for someone to call the police and said to everyone in the room “You should be ashamed of yourself. Everyone in this office should be ashamed of themselves. Is this what you want to remember? Is this what you want to remember — that you stood up for this? That your children have to look at you and realize that you are a bigot and that you discriminated against people?”
Crowds are gathering outside the courthouse in opposition to Davis as well as in support of her. The elected county clerk is risking contempt of court charges as lawyers have filed a motion to find Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples Tuesday morning, after the Supreme Court Monday denied her last-ditch effort for a stay.
The lawyers for the same-sex couples who originally sued Davis filed a motion Tuesday to hold the county clerk in contempt of court for refusing to issue them a marriage license. According to a copy of the legal documents obtained by Michael Scarcella of The National Law Journal, the couples are not seeking to compel Davis to issue the licenses through incarceration but asking the court to impose “financial penalties sufficiently serious and increasingly onerous to compel Davis’ immediate compliance without further delay.” A contempt hearing has been scheduled for Thursday. See the motions filed here, here, and here.
#DoYourJob #KimDavis Can we trend this? #LGBT pic.twitter.com/QS0J6QBB85
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) September 1, 2015
Put her in federal prison for contempt of court. #KimDavis #LGBT https://t.co/381GSQTzDn
— Laura (@princessomuch) September 1, 2015
EVERYONE should be afraid when a government employee can refuse to do their job “under god’s athority.” Where does that end? #Kentucky #LGBT
— Waymon Hudson (@WaymonHudson) September 1, 2015
#KimDavis‘ job comes from voters not anyone’s God. Do your job. Or resign. #LGBT @MSignorile @slarimer https://t.co/jNy7gSiJz7
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) September 1, 2015
Kim Davis tells same-sex couple they will face judgment in end. “do your job!” shouts protesters. ^JC pic.twitter.com/rQVz70xdPm
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) September 1, 2015
Kim Davis denies marriage licenses today – Footage courtesy of Nashia Fife and Lisa Williams – https://t.co/KgAEpgTaCV
— 646guy (@646guy) September 1, 2015
Protesters. Chanting “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Kim Davis has got to go.” #wsaz pic.twitter.com/nBl2krPyPY
— Dan Griffin (@WSAZDanGriffin) September 1, 2015
Source Article from https://www.popularresistance.org/kentucky-clerk-violates-law-refuses-marriage-license/
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