Supreme Court Rules Against Anti-Gay Marriage Clerk

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses. The clerk arrived at work Tuesday morning to face her moment of truth.

According to the Washington Times,  “Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis will have to choose whether to issue marriage licenses, defying her Christian conviction, or continue to refuse them, defying a federal judge who could pummel her with fines or order that she be hauled off to jail.” The latest reports say that Davis is, as of this afternoon still denying, marriage certificates. Several denied couples have now filed lawsuits against Davis. Lawyers for the defendants are asking, “Since Defendant Davis continues to collect compensation from the Commonwealth for duties she fails to perform, impose financial penalties sufficiently serious and increasingly onerous” to “compel her immediate compliance without delay.”

Davis cannot be fired from her $80,000 a year job because she is an elected official. A proposed impeachment couldn’t happen until the Legislature’s regular session next year. Legal action against Davis, however, including arrest could happen as soon as today.