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Sunday, August 30, 2015

In other words, Davis, either close your eyes or don't look at the applicants-- what you don't see shouldn't bother you. [LOL]

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COMMENTS: 
*  This has nothing to do with her "deeply held beliefs" or "religious freedom". This is about so-called christians demanding to be exempt from following secular law and secular court rulings. By his silence the governor of Kentucky has condoned Davis declaring that christianity is the official relgion of the county and that denying all citizens the services Davis is supposed to provide is okay with him.
    *  The governor ordered her to issued marriage license to all, which she refused to do. Since her position is and elected one, it will take impeachment (or a jail term) to remove her from office.
*  well well well lets see her explain that
*  Whatever it takes to remove this bigoted woman should be taken immediately. Letting her continue to work in that position is making a mockery of the law that all law abiding citizens obey.
*  If you work for a government office be it city, county, state or federal your religion means nothing!!!  There is the separation of church and state. Now do your government job free from religious influence or leave. One or the other those are your only two choices.
*  Hilarious! Clearly, she does not see deeply nor well. Prejudice is her religion.
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Clerk Who Refuses To Marry LGBT Couples Performed Trans Man's Marriage

"She saw just a straight couple in love, and she should see everybody like that."

By Simon McCormack, August 30, 2015

A county clerk in Kentucky who petitioned the Supreme Court to allow her to refuse to wed LGBT couples unknowingly married a trans man and a pansexual woman, the couple says.

Camryn Colen and his wife, Lexie, said they were wed in February by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. Davis has made headlines for refusing to issue any marriage licenses after the Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal nationwide in June. 

Davis issued the marriage certificate without asking for Colen's birth certificate, which identifies him as a female, he told the Courier-Journal.

"She saw just a straight couple in love, and she should see everybody like that," he told the newspaper. "She shouldn’t just see straight couples like that."

The couple joined about 100 people who protested outside Davis' office on Saturday, The Daily Independent in Ashland reported.

Since going public with his story, Colen has been flooded with support from local LGBT couples who were denied licenses by the clerk, he told BuzzFeed.

"It was one thing to have the government say no to your marriage, but to have one person do it is something else,” he told the website.

On Friday, Davis filed an emergency request with the court to put a temporary hold on a lower court ruling that effectively forces her to begin marrying gay couples. Doing so would violate her religious beliefs, the petition says.

"She holds an undisputed sincerely-held religious belief that marriage is a union between a man and a woman, only," the petition says. "Thus, in her belief, [same-sex marriage] is not, in fact, marriage."

Davis could not immediately be reached for comment.
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