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Kim Davis is back in court because she doesn't want to pay a gay couple

The former Kentucky county clerk went to jail rather than issue marriage licenses to a gay couple, and now she's gunning to overturn marriage equality in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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.

WATCH: Westboro Pickets Churches to Denounce Kim Davis

The hate group couldn't wait for today's planned protest against the Kentucky county clerk. 

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.

Huckabee: 'God Showed Up' in Form of Kim Davis

The presidential hopeful praises the recalcitrant Kentucky county clerk at an antigay rally, televised live, as she is released from jail.

Antigay Crusader Kim Davis Wins One Court Battle, But Another Looms

The former Kentucky county clerk may still have to fork over money to couples she refused to marry.

Kim Davis Just Wants to Make the Case Against Her Go Away

The antigay Kentucky county clerk claims a new law gives her all the "religious accommodation" she ever desired.

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This Kim Davis Parody Will Give You the Giggles

A new parody song skewering antigay Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis would make Gilbert and Sullivan proud.

Breaking: U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether to revisit marriage equality

The justices will privately decide whether to hear a challenge to same-sex marriage brought by former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis.

Kim Davis Takes Another Swipe at Same-Sex Couples

She's baaaack. The Kentucky county clerk says same-sex couples mistreated her when she refused to issue them licenses.

Rogue Clerk Sues Governor, Claiming Religious Freedom

Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk being sued for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, has sued the governor.

Kim Davis Loses Again

Embattled Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis has failed yet again in her bid to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

KY Clerk Defies Court, Turns Away Same-Sex Couple Seeking Marriage License

A gay couple trying to get married in a small Kentucky county were turned away despite a federal order because the clerk suddenly took a vacation.

Ky. Gov. Takes Kim Davis's Name Off Marriage Licenses

Newly elected Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin granted the Christmas wish of antigay county clerk Kim Davis when he issued an executive order today requiring that marriage license forms be revised to remove clerks' names. 

3 Kentucky Counties Aren't Issuing Any Marriage Licenses

Despite orders from the state's Governor, Attorney General, and local attorneys, several Kentucky county clerks have stopped issuing marriage licenses altogether to avoid licensing same-sex couples.

'Don't Say Gay' in Kentucky Marriage Equality Protest?

Prosecutors want to quash any mention of marriage equality in the trespassing trial of a gay couple in Kentucky who refused to leave a county clerk's office after they were denied a marriage license in January.

8 Outrageous Things Kim Davis's Lawyer Said

We've kept track of all the hate-filled rants of Mat Staver, attorney for Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis and the founder of the antigay, right-wing, religious-fanatic law firm Liberty Counsel.

Kim Davis is petitioning the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality

The Kentucky county clerk went to jail a decade ago rather than issue a marriage license to a gay couple. Now the Liberty Counsel wants her case to deal a death blow to Obergefell v. Hodges, the court case that federally recognized marriage equality.

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Ky. Gay Couple Wanted to Marry, Got Cops Instead

A gay couple in Morehead, Ky., were denied a marriage license Monday by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis -- and they filmed the encounter while local police were called.

Kentucky Gov. Tells Antigay Clerk: Comply or Resign

Clerk Casey Davis says his Christian beliefs won't allow him to serve same-sex couples, but Gov. Steve Beshear says he must do his job.

Antigay Ky. Clerk Now Issuing (Straight) Marriage Licenses

Casey Davis has decided to resume issuing marriage licenses, but only to couples who are male and female.