Clerk Sues Governor, Claims Her Religious Liberty Was Violated When He Told Her To Do Her Job [View all]

Kim Davis, a county clerk now famous for refusing to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple, is suing the governor of Kentucky, claiming her religious liberty has been violated.

Kim Davis is suing Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, claiming a statement he made instructing all county clerks to obey the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage violated her religious liberty.

"According to the United States Supreme Court, the Constitution now requires that governmental officials in Kentucky and elsewhere must recognize same-sex marriages as valid and allow them to take place," Gov. Beshear said in a statement last month. The Governor noted that one of the duties of a county clerk "is to issue marriage licenses, and the Supreme Court now says that the United States Constitution requires those marriage licenses to be issued regardless of gender."

Davis, the county clerk for Rowan County accused by some for being hypocritical, as she has been married four times but refuses to let a same-sex couple wed once, yesterday filed a lawsuit claiming Beshear's statement violated her religious liberty.

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