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Kentucky county clerk who won\u2019t issue marriage licenses to gays<\/a> tells judge she \u2018sought God\u2019 in making her decision<\/b><\/p>\n

Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk testified in court Monday (20 July) about why she won’t issue marriage licenses to same-sex<\/a> couples<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kim Davis testified that her refusal has to do with her Christian beliefs.<\/p>\n

‘If I authorize it, I’m saying I agree with it. I can’t do that,’ she told US District Judge David L. Bunning.<\/p>\n

Davis, who took office in January, said she had prayed and fasted over what to do after the Supreme Court ruling.<\/p>\n

‘It wasn’t just a spur-of-the-moment decision,’ the Courier-Journal<\/a> reports Davis as saying. It was thought-out and I sought God on it.’<\/p>\n

Davis came to national attention when she refused a same-sex<\/a> couple<\/a> a marriage license in a video<\/a> that went viral. She came under fire when it was reported that she has been married four times, with some calling her hypocritical.<\/p>\n

Rowan County is one of three counties in Kentucky that is attempting to keep same-gender couples<\/a> from obtaining licenses. The US Supreme Court ruled last month that same-sex<\/a> marriage is now legal nationwide.<\/p>\n

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class action federal lawsuit against Davis on behalf of four couples<\/a> who her office denied licenses – two heterosexual couples<\/a> and two same-sex<\/a> couples<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit alleges Davis’ refusal is unconstitutional and seeks an injunction ordering Davis to begin issuing licenses.<\/p>\n

Bunning is expected to issue his ruling the week of 11 August.<\/p>\n

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Kentucky county clerk who won\u2019t issue marriage licenses to gays<\/a> tells judge she \u2018sought God\u2019 in making her decision Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk testified in court Monday (20 July) about why she won’t issue marriage licenses to same-sex<\/a> couples<\/a>. 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