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Court Rules Kim Davis Can Be Sued For Refusing Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples

28 Aug 2019
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Gary Nguyen

Kentucky ordered to pay $224,000 to four couples who sued Kim Davis for legal fees. The clerk who gained attention in 2015 might be sued for damages by two of the couples who were denied marriage...

Gay Man Denied Marriage License by Kim Davis Loses Primary Bid

24 May 2018
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Alison Lesley

Elwood Caudill won the Democratic nomination Rowan County in Kentucky saw a few interesting events happen during May. The place is ground zero for Democrats trying to outvote Kim Davis, the notorious...

Kim Davis, Who Refused to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Is in Romania to Help Fight Same-Sex Marriage

12 Oct 2017
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Derek Welch

Romanians face a referendum on gay marriage Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who became infamous for a brief period of time for her persistent refusal to issue needed legal marriage licenses...

Federal Judge Blocks Mississippi Anti-LGBT Religious Freedom Law

05 Jul 2016
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Alison Lesley

Controversial Mississippi anti-LGBT religious law blocked by Judge House Bill 1523, a 2016 Mississippi law protecting the beliefs that, (i) a marriage is a union between a man and a woman, (ii) sexual...

Mormon Leader: Religion Can’t Get In The Way of Doing Your Job

22 Oct 2015
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Kelly Frazier

Mormon Elder Oaks calls for balance in disputes of religious freedom. Tuesday was a significant day as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a comment though a top leader that greater...

Westboro Pickets Kim Davis: She’s a “Fake Christian”

20 Oct 2015
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Nathan Glover

Westboro Baptist Church picketed outside Rowan County, Kentucky courthouse. Kim Davis has come under fire again, and this time it's the Westboro Baptist Church that is at the other end. The Rowan...

Kim Davis Secretly Meets with Pope, Given the Cost of Discipleship Award

30 Sep 2015
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Alison Lesley

Kim Davis gets and award for standing strong with her religious beliefs and secretly met Pope Francis in Washington. Several groups have never ceased showing their support for the jailed Rowan County...

Kim Davis Gets a Huge Surprise in Her Hometown and Still Resists Court Orders

15 Sep 2015
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Nathan Glover

Nonprofit organization criticizes county clerk Kim Davis' anti-gay beliefs with billboard. After spending six days in jail for disobeying court orders, Kim Davis was released on September 8. But upon...

Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Sent to Jail on Charges of Contempt of Court

03 Sep 2015
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Alison Lesley

Kim Davis Jailed for Refusing to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses A federal judge ordered a county clerk in Kentucky to jail on charges of contempt Thursday for refusing to issue marriage licenses...

Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Will be Followed by New Legal Battles

16 Jul 2015
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Alison Lesley

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr thinks the decision puts the free exercise of religion in danger. On June 26, the court ruled by a 5-4 vote that gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right...