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Video shows tense marriage license standoff at Rowan County Clerk’s office in Kentucky
A new video shows the frustration endured by Kentucky couple David Moore and David Ermold as they returned to the Rowan County Clerk’s office this week to request a marriage license.
Last month, the couple was refused by County Clerk Kim Davis who this week lost a battle in federal court. A judge ruled that her religious beliefs could not legally be used as a reason to not perform the duties she pledged to do when she took the oath of office.
Davis was nowhere to be seen on Thursday (13 August) but her staff continued to defy the judge’s ruling on her behalf. They told the couple marriage licenses were still not being issued.
‘I will say that people are cruel, they are cruel, these people are cruel,’ a tearful Ermold is seen saying in the video. ‘This is how gay people are treated in this country. This is what it’s like. This is how it feels.’
Moore and Ermold have been together for 17 years.
Same sex marriage was made legal in all 50 US states by the Supreme Court on 26 June. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear had previously weighed in telling Davis and other clerks to issue licenses or resign.
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