â??To me,â? she said in a statement, â??this has never been a gay or lesbian issue. It is about marriage and Godâ??s word. It is a matter of religious liberty.â?
Itâ??s telling that Kim Davis chose those words to defend herself last week. Davis, the clerk of Rowan County, a rural, impoverished and previously obscure patch of northeastern Kentucky, made international headlines for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. She had, should it need saying, not a legal leg to stand on, the Supreme Court having ruled in June that states may not bar such couples from marrying. On Thursday, Davis was jailed for contempt. The thrice-divorced clerk had said she was acting upon â??Godâ??s authorityâ? and fighting for â??religious liberty.â?
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