Kim Davis, who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses, will appeal case to Supreme Court
The Kentucky clerk who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses is trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality.
May 1, 2025
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Kim Davis Is Out as Rowan County Clerk
The antigay official lost her reelection bid to Democrat Elwood Caudill Jr.
November 6, 2018
Kim Davis to Seek Reelection as Rowan County Clerk
Davis, who went to jail in her fight against marriage equality, isn't going away.
November 7, 2017
Arkansas County Clerk Resigns Over Marriage Equality
Cleburne County Clerk Dana Guffey will resign rather than issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
June 29, 2015
County Clerks Intervene to Defend Illinois Marriage Ban
Two county clerks were granted a motion to intervene and defend the Illinois ban on same-sex marriage.
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July 3, 2012
Kentucky County Clerk Sued Over Denial of Marriage Licenses
Two same-sex and two opposite-sex couples filed the suit Thursday against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who had ceased issuing marriage licenses. Meanwhile, a Tennessee county sees an exodus of officials opposed to marriage equality.
July 2, 2015
Colorado Counties Told to Prepare for Same-Sex Weddings
The Tenth Circuit's decision on marriage equality will stand, making same-sex marriage legal in Colorado.
October 6, 2014
Colo. Clerk Courts Controversy With Biblical Marriage Sign
The Elbert County clerk claims the poster has been up for more than a year, but local residents and an email from the clerk himself indicate otherwise.Â
December 11, 2015
WATCH: Westboro Pickets Churches to Denounce Kim Davis
The hate group couldn't wait for today's planned protest against the Kentucky county clerk.Â
October 19, 2015
Huckabee Cries 'Free Kim Davis,' Others Call Her Rosa Parks
Right-wing politicians and pundits have found a hero and martyr in the Kentucky county clerk.
September 3, 2015
N.M. County Officials Resign Over Marriage Equality
The clerk of Roosevelt County and her chief deputy have declined to handle marriage licenses for gay couples.
December 20, 2013
New Mexico Couples Sue for Equal Marriage Rights
Two same-sex couples filed the suit after being denied marriage licenses by a county clerk.
March 22, 2013
WATCH: Democrat Kim Davis Faces Nepotism Allegations
Being a county clerk runs in Kim Davis's family, while the judge who will decide what to do with the defiant clerk was appointed to the federal bench while his dad was a U.S. Senator.
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September 3, 2015
W. Va. Women Get Antigay Lecture With Marriage License
They say a deputy county clerk called them an 'abomination' and said they'd face God's judgment.
February 16, 2016
The Saga Continues: Kim Davis Is Back to Work
The county clerk known for her quixotic crusade against marriage equality returned to work today.
September 14, 2015
Marriage Equality, Texas Style
At least one county clerk quit, and a judge changed the rules for courthouse weddings, to voice their opposition to marriage equality.
July 13, 2015
WATCH: Maddow Smacks Down States Resisting Marriage
Rachel Maddow breaks down the state of equality for the leaders and county clerks in southern states still resisting the inevitable.
July 2, 2015
WATCH: Wedding Bells Finally Ring in Kentucky
With defiant county clerk Kim Davis in federal custody, same-sex couples were able to obtain marriage licenses in Rowan County, Ky., for the first time today.
September 4, 2015
Clela Rorex, First to Issue Marriage License to Gay Couple, Dies at 78
As clerk of Boulder County, Colo., in 1975, Rorex was the first to knowingly issue one to a same-sex couple.
June 21, 2022
Former Vatican Official Accuses Pope of 'Lying' About Kim Davis
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano said Pope Francis's team approved of the meeting with the antigay county clerk.
September 2, 2018