“The law needed to be followed,” when Kim Davis faced the same-sex marriage license situation in Kentucky, Gov. Chris Christie said during the GOP Iowa debate Thursday evening.
The plaintiff in the court case that led to the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage and the Kentucky county clerk who refused to sign same-sex marriage licenses will be guests at President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address Tuesday.
Jennifer Lawrence tells “Vogue” magazine that she’s “embarrassed” to come from the same state as Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis, who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who went to jail for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses because of her religious beliefs, returned to work Monday. GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee – who held a rally for Davis – said he continues to support her for “staying true to her convictions.”
A federal judge ordered county court clerk Kim Davis to jail for contempt Thursday for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses on the grounds that to do so violated her religious beliefs.
