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Kim Davis Just Returned To Work And Said She’ll Do This Controversial Thing
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, returned to work Monday vowing that she will not authorize such licenses herself, but also that she will not prevent her deputy clerks from doing so.
“Any unauthorized license that they issue will not have my name, my title or my authority on it. Instead, the license will state that they are issued pursuant to a federal court order,” Davis said Monday. She said she had “great doubts” whether such a license would be valid.
Davis made a brief statement outside her office in Morehead, flanked by two Rowan County Sheriff’s deputies and her son, Nathan, a deputy clerk who also refused to issue same-sex licenses.
“I am no hero,” she said. “I’m just a person that’s been transformed by the grace of God, who wants to work, be with my family. I just want to serve my neighbors quietly without violating my conscience.”
Davis expressed the difficulties facing her.
“I am here before you this morning with a seemingly impossible choice, that I do not wish on any of my fellow Americans. My conscience or my freedom,” Davis said. “My conscience or my ability to serve the people that I love. Obey God or a directive that forces me to disobey God.”
She then announced her decision, which she described as a remedy.
“Effective immediately, and until an accommodation is provided by those with the authority to provide it, any marriage license issued by my office will not be issued or authorized by me.”
“I love my deputy clerks and I hate that they have been caught in the middle. If any of them feels that they must issue an unauthorized license to avoid being thrown in jail, I understand their tough choice and I will take no action against them,” Davis said.
“I don’t want to have this conflict, I don’t want to be in the spotlight, and I certainly don’t want to be a whipping post,” she said.
Last Tuesday, U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered Davis be released from jail after deputy clerks were issuing marriage licenses to all eligible couples. At that time, Bunning ordered Davis not to interfere with the issuance of licenses by her office.
Davis on Monday appealed to the legislature to provide for an accommodation in situations like this.
“They have the authorization and the authority to provide these types of accommodations and there’s no reason why they cannot do so,” she said. “My simple request for an accommodation has gone unheard.”
h/t: Fox News
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/kim-davis-just-returned-to-work-and-said-shell-do-this-controversial-thing/
