In a statement made to the press, Kim Davis said that she was torn between her conscience and the law. She believes same-sex marriage is a sin and refuses to issue marriage licenses. Yet she knows that she needs to obey the law as she was ordered to do by Judge Bunning.
She says that she will NOT interfere with any of her deputies as they issue same-sex marriage licenses and she will take no action of any kind against them for doing so.
"I'm here before you this morning with a seemingly impossible choice that I do not wish upon any of my fellow Americans: my conscience or my freedom," Davis said, reading from a hand-written statement outside the courthouse where she works.
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"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," Davis said. "I am no hero. 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."
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"I love my deputy clerks and I hate that they have been caught in the middle of any of this," Davis said. "If any of them feel that they must issue an authorized license to avoid being thrown in jail, I understand their tough choice and I will take no action against them."
Davis and her attorneys from Liberty Counsel ( a right-wing hate group), say that any such licenses issued are invalid. The ACLU, the Rowan County Attorney, the Attorney General and Governor all say that the licenses are legal.
Deputy clerks are ready to issue licenses as soon as couples arrive.
Perhaps this will be the last of Kim Davis' intolerance and intereference.
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