Kentucky Clerk Found In Contempt Of Court; Remanded To Custody
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Kim Davis has been taken into custody after being found in contempt of court for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
…District Judge David L. Bunning
ordered Kim Davis taken into custody by federal marshals “until she complies” with a court order.Davis, the Rowan County clerk, has become the most prominent elected official to refuse to abide by a Supreme Court decision that made same-sex marriage legal across the United States.
The plaintiffs in the case had asked the judge to fine Davis until she complied, but Barton reports that “the judge said that he wasn’t convinced fines would have compelled” Davis to issue licenses.
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.