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Court delivers brutal ruling against – Kentucky clerk, Kim Davis, who blocked same-sex marriages

mscglSame-Sex MarriageAugust 25, 2019

In 2015, Christian fundamentalist Kim Davis (who was serving as clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky at the time) was praised by the right wing after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — a violation of U.S. federal law.

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Amid Reports of Papal Meeting with Kim Davis, HRC Urges Church to Embrace LGBT Catholics

LGBTnewswire.euSame-Sex MarriageSeptember 30, 2015

HRC Responds to Reports of Papal Meeting with Kim Davis; Urges Church to Embrace LGBT Catholics.

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In New HRC Video, Rowan County Couple Asks Candidates: Will You Defend the Constitution?

LGBTnewswire.euUSA - LGBTQ RightsSeptember 16, 2015September 17, 2015

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, has released a new video featuring a Kentucky couple who were denied a marriage license by Kim Davis.

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HRC Statement on the Release of Kim Davis From Federal Custody

LGBTnewswire.euSame-Sex MarriageSeptember 8, 2015

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, responded to the news that U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered the release of Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis from federal custody and ordered her not to “interfere in any way, directly or indirectly, with the efforts of her deputy clerks to issue marriage licenses to all legally eligible couples.”

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FINALLY! Marriage Equality Arrives in Rowan County, Kentucky

LGBTnewswire.euSame-Sex MarriageSeptember 7, 2015September 7, 2015

Last Friday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, praised the news that marriage equality has finally arrived in Rowan County, Kentucky. After a defiant county clerk was held in contempt of court yesterday for her refusal to follow the law, an official in the clerk’s office today finally complied with the law and began issuing marriage licenses.

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HRC Digital Campaign: Why are Bush, Walker and Trump Ducking on Kentucky Clerk Ignoring Federal Law?

LGBTnewswire.euUSA - LGBTQ RightsSeptember 3, 2015

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, launched a new digital campaign asking Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Donald Trump to take a position regarding Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was held in contempt in federal court today for her disobedience of a federal court order directing her to begin issuing marriage licenses to all qualified couples in her community.

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