Ky. Deputy Clerk: If Kim Davis Won't Issue Marriage Licenses, I Will!

[cal04]

An employee in the office of the Kentucky clerk who was released from jail after a five-day stint for contempt says workers there will issue marriage licenses Wednesday while their boss is still out of the office.

Lawyers for Rowan County clerk Kim Davis say she will return to work Friday or Monday. Davis has become a symbol of religious freedom for many as she defied court orders to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing her beliefs about homosexuality. She was released from jail Tuesday. A judge warned her not to interfere with licensing, but her lawyers wouldn't say what she'll do.

In the meantime, deputy clerk Brian Mason says the office will issues licenses Wednesday in Davis' absence if anyone seeks them.

Mason says that while Davis was jailed, the office issued 10 licenses: eight Friday, two Tuesday. Seven went to same-sex couples.

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[LuvNewcastle]

1. ABC says she has become a

"symbol of religious freedom." Maybe for people like Mike Huckabee, going off the wheels on his crazy train.

[mnhtnbb]

4. More like a symbol of religious bigotry.

[treestar]

11. Exactly it is disgusting they

even attempt to call her a symbol of "religious freedom."

[spanone]

10. utter horseshit.

[yardwork]

2. So now she's on vacation?

[lame54]

6. she's gotta do the talk show curcuit

[mnhtnbb]

8. Maybe she's going to take couple of days to go shopping for some new duds

for her next court appearance...so she can be appropriately decked out
in sackcloth and ashes for her role as Christian martyr.

[underpants]

9. She's been there so long she probably has tons of time off

Plus when you pull down $80k in a community with a median income of $33k you can afford to miss a few days.

[Fred Sanders]

3. The Fundie political grifters want to hitch their horse to Kim Davis, Jesus FREAK? Please proceed!

[beac]

5. Maybe she now realizes that her "righteous" actions have consequences

and she is trying to figure out how to remain a wingnut darling without having to actually go back to jail.

I am sure she is getting a mighty amount of pressure to go right back to refusing licenses.

Maybe she's having her brilliant legal staff draft a request that Mike Huckabee actually be allowed go to jail for her?

[LostOne4Ever]

7. She is the symbol of religious BIGOTRY not freedom (nt)