Kentucky clerk jailed

GRAYSON, Ky. (AP) — The latest on the case of a Kentucky county clerk who’s in jail over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples (all times local): 1:05 p.m. The Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses because of her religious beliefs will be released from jail, where she’s […]

Muhammad Ali was a conscientious objector to the Viet Nam war. He once famously said, “I ain’t got nothing against no Viet Cong; no Viet Cong never called me ni**er.” His stance against the war made him a counter-culture icon. Now Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same sex marriage licenses, is […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will join protesters at a Tuesday rally outside the jail where a Kentucky clerk is locked in a cell over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Huckabee plans a private meeting with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was jailed […]

ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge ordered a defiant county clerk to jail for contempt Thursday after she insisted that it would violate her conscience to follow court orders to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Rowan County clerk Kim Davis and her deputy clerks were summoned to appear before U.S. District Judge David […]