Speaking to reporters at her office Monday morning, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis announced she would not interfere with the issuance of marriage licenses from her office despite continued objections to a federal judge’s order requiring her to provide the licenses.
Davis’ deputy clerk, Brian Mason, said he would continue issuing licenses, which Davis stopped doing in June, after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Davis, an Apostolic Christian, has claimed issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples violates her religious beliefs.
Mason and other deputies resumed issuing the licenses last week.
Davis told reporters on Monday that any licenses issued from her office would include an indication that they were provided under court order.
In a brief Friday, attorneys for Davis asked the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to allow her to continue blocking the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, arguing that because the couples who sued her had gotten licenses, she should not be required to issue them to any other couples.
Davis returned to work Monday after a five-day stint in the Carter County Detention Center. U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning found her in contempt of court for refusing to obey his order to issue marriage licenses.
