Kentucky federal court: government clerk must do her job and issue marriage licenses

The Volokh Conspiracy 2015-08-17

Summary:

A federal district judge in Kentucky has rejected a county clerk’s statutory and constitutional claims that she cannot be required to issue marriage licenses in violation of her religious beliefs. The court granted a preliminary injunction, requested by two same-sex and two opposite-sex couples, ordering her to issue marriage licenses to them. Lawyers for the county […]

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http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/669424/s/48f747f8/sc/7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cnews0Cvolokh0Econspiracy0Cwp0C20A150C0A80C130Ckentucky0Efederal0Ecourt0Egovernment0Eclerk0Emust0Edo0Eher0Ejob0Eand0Eissue0Emarriage0Elicenses0C/story01.htm

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Cyberlaw » The Volokh Conspiracy

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sexual orientation same-sex marriage religion and the law gay rights freedom of speech

Authors:

Dale Carpenter

Date tagged:

08/17/2015, 19:13

Date published:

08/13/2015, 17:27