Same-Sex Couple Can Seek Damages from Kentucky Clerk: U.S. Appeals Court

Reuters ^ | 5/2/17 | Jonathon Stempel

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a damages lawsuit against Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who in 2015 refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples because it conflicted with her Christian beliefs.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said a lower court judge erred in finding that damages claims by David Ermold and David Moore became moot, after a new state law last July excused clerks like Davis, from Rowan County, from having to sign marriage license forms.

While the couple eventually did get a license, a three-judge appeals court panel said they could sue over Davis' initial refusal to grant one, after the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2015 said the Constitution guaranteed a right to same-sex marriage.

"The district court's characterization of this case as simply contesting the 'no marriage licenses' policy is inaccurate because Ermold and Moore did not seek an injunction-they sought only damages," Circuit Judge Karen Nelson Moore wrote. "The record does not support an argument that (their) damages claims are insubstantial or otherwise foreclosed."

[Nextrush]

The judiciary is at it again and will Neil Gorsuch get to have a say in this matter, the next court up.

[Rurudyne]

The poofter trash is revolting.

[Pollster1]

The Ctrl-Left is not merely evil. They are vindictive in a petty way, the kind of people who pull the wings of flies . . . and then the legs, one at a time to maximize suffering. This woman has been compelled to violate her deeply-held religious beliefs or lose her job, but that is not enough for liberal bullies. Just like their predatory lawsuit against Sweetcakes - $135k stolen under color of law to punish Christians for refusing to bow down to political correctness - they are still trying to destroy the innocent for the crime of being innocent.