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  • Kentucky Clerk Released From Jail after 5 Days for Refusing to issue licenses for gay couples

    09/08/2015 11:13:05 AM PDT · by lbryce · 63 replies
    NYPost ^ | September , 2015 | AP
    After five days behind bars, county clerk Kim Davis was ordered released from jail Tuesday by the judge who locked her up for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. U.S. District Judge David Bunning lifted the contempt order but directed Davis not to interfere with the granting of licenses by her deputies. The move came down just before Davis was to receive jailhouse visits from presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz. Davis was thrown in jail on Thursday, becoming a hero among religious conservatives for the boldest act of resistance by a public official yet to the...