Tag: Kim Davis
Supreme Court Declines Emergency Stay Request from Anti-LGBT Rowan County Clerk
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined a petition from Kentucky’s Rowan County clerk Kim Davis for an emergency stay on a court order requiring her to immediately start issuing marriage licenses to all eligible applicants, including same-sex couples. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, welcomed the news as affirmation that personal religious opinions of public officials should not trump the fundamental rights of LGBT Americans.
Public Official’s Personal Religious Opinion No Excuse To Refuse Service To Same-Sex Couples
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denies request for stay from Kentucky’s Rowan County clerk regardless of her personal religious opinion of marriage equality.
Anti-LGBT County Clerk Gets Time to Appeal Judge’s Decision Over Her Opposition to Marriage Equality
U.S. District Judge David Bunning temporarily stays his order as Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis appeals his decision requiring her to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.