ASHLAND, Ky. (CN) — Former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis violated the rights of two same-sex couples when she denied them marriage licenses according to a federal judge’s ruling on Friday. U.S. District Judge David Bunning issued his ruling for a pair of cases against Davis on Friday, finding that she was not immune to the lawsuits and had clearly violated the constitutional rights of the couples. “Defendant Davis violated Plaintiffs’ constitutional right to marry by refusing to issue them marriage licenses, either personally or through the policy she established for the Rowan County Clerk’s office,” wrote Bunning, a George W. Bush nominee. The matter began in June of 2015 after the United States Supreme Court handed down the landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges in which they ruled that same-sex couples could no longer be denied the right to get legally married. Davis who was then the Rowan County Clerk, refused to comply with the Supreme Court decision and directed her employees to not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. According to court documents, the plaintiffs in both cases governed by Friday’s ruling attempted to obtain marriage licenses from the Rowan County Clerk’s office on multiple occasions but were […]
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