Kim Davis is jailed

For the first time since the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in June, same-sex couples in Rowan County, Kentucky, will be able to pick up marriage licenses at the clerk's office Friday. Kim Davis, the county clerk, spent Thursday night in jail after refusing to abide by the High Court ruling on gay marriage. Davis said she couldn't go against her religious beliefs and values. The U.S. District Judge ruled that Davis would remain behind bars until she complies. In court papers, attorneys for Davis argued that she is unable to comply with the court orders because issuing same-sex marriage licenses "irreparably and irreversibly violates her conscience." But American Civil Liberties Union attorneys contended that Davis has no legal basis to avoid performing her duties as a government clerk. Government officials are free to disagree with the law, but not disobey it.” The judge said he, too, was religious, but he explained that when people take an oath to become a government official, that oath trumps personal beliefs.

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