Ida Mae Astute via Getty Images Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk, refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court's 2015 ruling on marriage equality. At the time, the county clerk’s name appeared on all marriage licenses in Kentucky. Davis, a devout Apostolic Christian who says gay marriage is contrary to her religious beliefs, viewed this as her endorsement of same-sex marriage. The case was resolved when the state legislature passed a law removing the names of county clerks from Kentucky marriage licenses. He also added that “all procedures relating to marriage licenses are governed solely by the state.” He said that’s why former Democratic Gov.

Source: Huffington Post January 30, 2019 23:04 UTC