Unrepentant jailed clerk wants court's permission to deny gay marriage

Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, jailed for denying gay couples access to marriage certificates, has asked the court to force the Governor to allow her deny gay marriages.

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Lawyers mediating for Davis said on Monday they had asked an appellate court to force Governor Steve Beshear to allow her to refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses based on her religious convictions.

They sought emergency relief from the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, asking it to grant Davis an exemption from the "Governor's mandate that all county clerks issue marriage licenses."

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Lawyers from the non-profit legal advocacy group Liberty Counsel, which represents Davis, had this to say in a press release.