A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples who were among those to whom she wouldn't issue marriage licenses
It’s been two weeks since Kim Davis has been out of jail over her refusal to sign marriage licenses for same-sex couplesA federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples who were among those to whom she wouldn't issue marriage licenses — a refusal that sparked international attention and briefly landed her in jail in 2015.
Bunning reasoned that Davis"cannot use her own constitutional rights as a shield to violate the constitutional rights of others while performing her duties as an elected official."
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