Defiant Kentucky county issues first same-sex marriage license

  • 9 years ago
James Yates and William Smith became the first gay couple to receive a marriage license in Rowan County, Kentucky, on Friday morning after a defiant county clerk was jailed for refusing to issue licenses to same-sex couples.Kim Davis, the county clerk in Rowan, has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples for weeks, despite a Supreme Court ruling legalizing marriage for all across the U.S. On Thursday Davis was found in contempt of court and jailed, making way for deputy county clerks to issue licenses.

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