In Texas, Alabama and elsewhere a number of clerks and judges who stated their opposition to gay marriage have thrown up roadblocks to the unions, extending the fight over same-sex weddings two months after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage.
Galvanizing opponents of gay marriage, Kim Davis, peruvian dating rules a county clerk in rural Kentucky, this week was jailed for her refusal to issue e-sex unions conflict with her Christian beliefs.
Others with the power to issue marriage licenses say they would be willing to follow suit, including Alabama Probate Judge Nick Williams.
“Absolutely, I feel the same way. This is a cause worth standing up for,” said Williams, who ordered his deputies in Washington County not to issue any licenses at all since the court’s June decision.
The fight has made Davis a martyr-like figure for religious conservatives who argue she is being jailed for her religious beliefs, a view espoused by several Republican presidential candidates. Continue reading “Gay marriage fight in Kentucky likely not the last battleground”