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Kentucky: "LOVE HAS WON" --- Gay couple gets Rowan license amid frenzy
Gay couple gets Rowan license amid frenzyWilliam Smith and James Yates obtained a marriage license in Rowan County from Deputy Clerk Brian Mason around 8:15 a.m. Friday.
Yates and Smith had an emotional embrace at the counter as soon as the clerk handed them a license. They shared the same a few moments later with Yates' parents outside, where supporters chanted "love has won."
The couple said they were elated and overwhelmed to obtain their license, a day after Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses following the Supreme Court order allowing gay marriage.
Yates said that no one wanted Davis in jail, they just wanted her to provide the paperwork, and the couple didn't expect to be first in line Friday.
MORE:
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2015/09/04/kim-davis-rowan-county-clerks-marriage-license-friday/71665470/
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kentucky-gay-marriage-first-license-issued
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Wonder if that lady who sits next to Kim Davis finally got to have a snack in peace. 
Some good Twitter parody accounts out there - try @nexttokimdavis.
They look happy 
