FRANKFORT, KY. —
Gay couples in Kentucky are questioning the validity of a change marriage certificate issued by an unwatched county clerk and asking a federal judge to order her to re-issue the marriage certificate or have the office take over and otherwise do so
On June, King Davis, a staff member at Lowen county, stopped issuing all marriage certificates. S.
The Supreme Court ruling legalized same-sex marriage across the country.
Two gay couples and two heterosexual couples sued her.
A federal judge ordered Davis to issue a license,S.
The order was upheld by the Supreme Court.
But Davis refused on the grounds of "the authority of God. This is when AmericaS.
District Court Judge David Bonning threw her into prison, sparking a heated debate on religious freedom and the rights of all American citizens in the public squareS. citizens.
Davis's office issued a marriage certificate while she was in jail, but her name was not included on the license. U. S.
District Judge David Bunning ruled that these licenses were valid and released Davis on condition of not interfering with employees.
Carter County Detention Center greeted her with thousands of crowds and church choirs, accompanied by her lawyer and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.
But when Davis returned to work last week, she confiscated her marriage certificate and replaced it.
The new permits state that they were not issued under the authority of the county clerk, but were issued "under the federal court order.
Davis said the hotel had both protected her conscience and gave her a license --sex couples.
But on Monday, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union wrote that the validity of the revised license was "questionable at best, and that the new license brought" shame and shame "to the gay couple who received them ".
They asked boning to order Davis's office to re-issue the permit.
If Davis interferes, lawyers say Bunning should have her office in the bankruptcy authority in order to issue a marriage certificate.
"The adulterated marriage certificate received by the Luowen County couple will effectively affix the animal mark against the LGBT community, indicating that in Luowen County the government's position is gay, bisexual
In addition to the court's intervention and orders, class citizens are not worthy of official recognition and authorization of their marriage certificates, "the couple's lawyer wrote in a court document.
Mat Staver, Davis's lawyer and founder of liberty law firm, did not respond directly to ACLU's request for Bunning to place the office under Bankruptcy Management.
Staver said he will formally respond to ACLU's motion on Tuesday.
But he pointed out that the democratic government
Steve behill said last week that the state would recognize the revised marriage certificate.
"Kim Davis did a good job --
Try to comply with the conviction of the court order, "said Staver.
"ACLU once again despises Kim Davis's motion to show that their interest is not a licence, but a marriage certificate bearing the name Kim Davis.
They want her scalp to hang on the wall as a trophy.
Sam Marcos Sen, a constitutional professor at the University of Wisconsin, said such a takeover was "unusual, unusual, "and it is generally retained in the event that other legal remedies cannot end a continuing violation of the law.
Marcosson stated that the plaintiff now requested a "limited takeover" of her office ".
The judge can appoint another person to supervise the issuance of the marriage certificate, both to ensure that the marriage certificate is legally issued and to protect the deputy clerk, who now face the difficult choice of challenging the boss or challenging the judge.