MOREHEAD, Ky. (BP) — A Kentucky county clerk not only lost at the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 31 but now faces a likely contempt of court ruling for again refusing to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and her deputies turned away gay couples seeking marriage licenses this morning at their office in the eastern Kentucky town of Morehead. Their refusal came after the high court denied Davis’ request to block enforcement of a federal judge’s order that she issue licenses for same-sex “marriages.”
Lawyers for the gay couples subsequently filed a contempt of court motion against Davis, The Louisville Courier-Journal reported. David Bunning, the federal judge who previously ordered Davis to issue licenses, will consider Thursday the request she be held in contempt, according to the newspaper.
Davis has appealed Bunning’s order to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, but a court delay preventing enforcement of the order expired Aug. 31.
She has sued Gov. Steve Beshear for ordering the state’s county clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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