Kentucky Clerk Continues To Deny Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

Timothy D. Easley / AP

Rowan County clerk Kim Davis continued to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court denied to intervene in the case.

Davis said she is denying marriage licenses “under God’s authority,” according to the Associated Press. She reportedly asked David Moore and David Ermold, who have been rejected four times, to leave.

"Tell her to come out and face the people she's discriminating against,” Ermold said according to the AP. “We’re not leaving until we have a license.”

Davis had argued that the state policy requiring her office to issue licenses to same-sex couples “substantially burden[s]” her religious freedom rights under the U.S. and Kentucky constitutions and Kentucky’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning ordered Davis to stop enforcing her "no marriage licenses" policy against same-sex couples. He refused to put his order on hold while Davis appealed. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals also refused to grant her a stay, leading Davis to seek a stay from the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court did not elaborate on why it denied Davis' request that the trial court's order be put on hold while she appeals the matter.

LINK: Supreme Court Denies Kentucky Clerk’s Request To Halt Same-Sex Marriage Order

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