Lesbian Couple Granted Marriage License After 'Gay Marriage Clerk' Returns to Work

A Kentucky deputy clerk issued a marriage license to a lesbian couple while his defiant boss sat in her office Monday.

It was the first license issued to a same-sex couple since Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk jailed in contempt of court for refusing to grant licenses of any kind, returned to work.

Davis said Monday that she will not interfere with her deputies doing so but will not grant them herself.

One of her deputy clerks, Brian Mason, had agreed to grant the licenses and sat behind a sign reading, “marriage license deputy,” the Associated Press reported.

In a statement read from a handwritten note before her return to work, Davis questioned the validity of the licenses handed out since she went to jail, which did not have her name on them, according to the Washington Post.

Both the Kentucky attorney general and Rowan County attorney have said that the issued licenses are valid.

“I love my lord Jesus, all people and my job,” she said, according to the Post. “Today I put my faith in God and God alone.”

Read more:

• ‘Gay Marriage Clerk’ Kim Davis Released From Jail
• 1 God, 2 Kids, 3 Husbands, 4 Marriages: 5 Facts About Clerk Jailed Over Gay Marriage
• Full story: In Gay Marriage Dispute, Judge Jails Clerk Over Issuing Licenses

Davis has refused to grant licenses to any couple following the Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage in June struck down statewide same-sex marriage bans.

Davis, an Apostolic Christian, ignored multiple federal court orders to do so, lost two appeals and eventually was sent to jail in contempt of court. In her place, deputies issued at least seven licenses to same-sex couples, according to the AP.

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