Same-sex couple can seek damages from Kentucky clerk: U.S. appeals court

[WhiteTara]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/same-sex-couple-seek-damages-kentucky-clerk-u-190139442.html

By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a damages lawsuit against Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who in 2015 refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples because it conflicted with her Christian beliefs.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said a lower court judge erred in finding that damages claims by David Ermold and David Moore became moot, after a new state law last July excused clerks like Davis, from Rowan County, from having to sign marriage license forms.

While the couple eventually did get a license, a three-judge appeals court panel said they could sue over Davis' initial refusal to grant one, after the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2015 said the Constitution guaranteed a right to same-sex marriage.

"The district court's characterization of this case as simply contesting the 'no marriage licenses' policy is inaccurate because Ermold and Moore did not seek an injunction-they sought only damages," Circuit Judge Karen Nelson Moore wrote. "The record does not support an argument that (their) damages claims are insubstantial or otherwise foreclosed."

[shenmue]

1. Ha ha

[gratuitous]

2. Time for a gofundme, Kim?

Let's find out just how committed your supporters are; will they send cold, hard cash to pay for your defense, or are you going to be left all alone to face the music?