Newlywed Photos That Will Make Kim Davis's Head Spin

Since the antigay Rowan County, Ky., clerk couldn't see the nuptials from her jail cell, we collected the most heartwarming images from today's long-overdue victory.

Sunnivie Brydum

Sunnivie is the managing editor of The Advocate, and an award-winning journalist whose passion is covering the politics of equality and elevating the unheard stories of our community. Originally from Colorado, she and her spouse now live in Los Angeles, along with their three fur-children: dogs Luna and Cassie Doodle, and "Meow Button" Tilly.

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September 04 2015 5:18 PM EST

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More than 70 days after the U.S. Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land, same-sex couples were finally able to legally marry this morning in Rowan County, Ky.

The long-awaited moment signals the end (for now) of a legal standoff between the couples seeking to marry and antigay County Clerk Kim Davis, who remains in jail after refusing to abide by a federal court order that she issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Among the first same-sex couples to obtain a marriage license this morning in Rowan County were April Miller and Karen Roberts, one of the four couples (two straight, two gay) who filed a federal lawsuit against Davis after she ordered her deputy clerks to cease issuing licenses to any couple in order to avoid licensing same-sex couples.

\u201cIt took a lawsuit against #RowanCounty clerk #KimDavis but April Miller & Karen Reynolds get their marriage license\u201d
— Toni Konz Tatman (@Toni Konz Tatman) 1441383465

Louisville-based reporter Toni Konz of local Fox affiliate WDRB was on the scene in Morehead, Ky., today, snapping photos of the same-sex couples who received marriage licenses, in addition to the angry protesters -- including Davis's husband, Joe, who was the first to arrive at the courthouse this morning -- who called the newlyweds "perverts."

Find below some of our favorite moments from the Rowan County Clerk's office this morning, collected here in hopes that Kim Davis will someday look back on today and realize the end times are not upon us, simply because #LoveWins.