Kentucky began issuing certificates of gay marriage

Rowan County in Kentucky began issuing marriage certificates to same-sex couples after serving as an employee who denied them got a prison sentence.

Employee Kim Davis, who performed the duties of registrar, stated that the decision of the Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage is contrary to her beliefs of the newly converted Christian woman.

Her deputies issued several testimonies on Friday, including a same-sex couple, which was previously denied.

However, the lawyer of the arrested employee stated that the marriage certificates issued after her arrest are not valid.

According to Matt Staver, the certificates "are not worth the paper they are printed on" because Kim Davis, the Rowan County Clerk in Kentucky, did not authorize them.

On Thursday, Kim Davis refused to fulfill the judge's request to issue permission to her deputies to issue certificates. She was denied early release for disobeying the court, and she may stay in jail for another week.

Marriage Disputes

In the meantime, five employees of the county registry office expressed their agreement with the court’s decision and began to issue marriage certificates on Friday morning. However, the son Kim Davis, who also works in this bureau, refused to do so.

The first same-sex couple who got the marriage certificate in Rowan were William Smith Jr. and James Yeats, who got married on the sixth try.

As they left the bureau premises, they were met by dozens of supporters chanting the words “love has won.”

Husband Kim Davis, who stood on Friday with a picket outside the court building, protesting against the conclusion of his wife, said that his wife did not intend to resign and would stay in prison as long as necessary.

According to him, his wife, despite the first night spent in prison, is in a great mood.

In June, after the Supreme Court adopted a well-known ruling, she stopped issuing marriage certificates to all who applied to her.

On Monday, the US Supreme Court rejected the argument that her beliefs prevented her from fulfilling her duties.

She can be deprived of her post only in case of impeachment by the state legislature, since her position is elective.

Several contenders for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election of the year — Mike Huckabee, Louise’s Governor Bobby Jindal, Senator Ted Cruz, and Senator Marco Rubio — spoke in favor of Kim Davis’s position.

Mike Huckabee said Friday that he was going to meet a woman in prison and hold a rally in her support.

However, other American politicians believe that Kim Davis should return to his duties and comply with the requirements of the law.