A couple in Morehead, David Moore and his partner, David Ermold have gone back to request for their marriage license, after they were denied on the first attempt. The Kentucky clerk's officer,Kim Davis, is defying the supreme court ruling, with an argument based on religious freedom.
The couples have been trying to get their marriage license after the supreme court ruling allowing same-sex marriage, and after visiting the Rowan country, county clerk, Kim Davis, turned down the request of issuing marriage licenses to any gay or straight couple, citing her religious beliefs.
Kim Davis was sued by 5 couples, and the U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning, last Wednesday ordered her to comply with the supreme court ruling, Bunning in a statement said that her refusal ; likely violated the constitutional rights of her constituents.
Bunnin said :
Davis remains free to practice her Apostolic Christian beliefs. She may continue to attend church twice a week, participate in Bible Study and minister to female inmates at the Rowan County Jail. She is even free to believe that marriage is a union between one man and one woman, as many Americans do.
However, her religious convictions cannot excuse her from performing the duties that she took an oath to perform as Rowan County Clerk.
In an email received by Doynews, David Moore wrote;
I just wanted to reach out to you with an update - we went back for a second attempt recently after a federal judge ruled for an injunction ordering our County Clerk to issue marriage licenses. We were denied again by the deputy clerk (Kim Davis' son) and the Judge Executive Doc Blevins. We filmed the exchange again and the media was present. Other couples went in after us as well.
David Moore also tried speaking with Judge Executive Walter Blevins over the phone, and from their conversations, he was told that it can't be done, and there is no way to force Kim Davis to do it, as it is her office. Blevins said that he does not know the paperwork or the software used in issuing the license, and there is only 1 person that could do it, and the individual can't go ahead without her authorization.
David Ermold in a tearful mood, while being patted at the back by partner, David Moore said ;
People are cruel and this is wrong, that is how it is, and that is the bottom line. She is wrong, and this people are cruel to do this to us, and that is how i feel, and i dont know what else to say.
We have waited for years to get married. This is supposed to be a progressive county. This is what we were told, but this is not..
This is pathetic. This how gay people are treated in this country, this is what it is like, this is their experience. This is how it feels.
If nothing comes out of these, i hope people get to understand that this is wrong.