Kentucky clerk who is refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses was led away from federal court - and taken to jail. The 49, was told by U.S.
District Judge David Bunning on Thursday that she would stay behind bars
until she complied with his order to resume issuing the licenses to gay
couples.
She later insisted that she would not accept a compromise that would allow her out of jail.
Attorneys
for the plaintiffs had proposed to the court that Davis be freed if she
promised not to interfere with her deputies. But Davis refused - noting
her name would still be on the licenses.
Davis had
told the court her supporters had been raising funds for her, but that
she hadn't requested any money. She testified for about 20 minutes and
said people are calling her office 'all the time' wanting to send money.
She
also talked about when she became a Christian, saying: 'You can't be
separated from something that's in your heart and in your soul.'
Davis,
who is currently married for a fourth time, was asked if the county
insurance would pay a fine, and said: 'I was told they would drop me
like a hot potato.'
After
she was jailed, pro gay marriage campaigners who had gathered outside
the federal courthouse in Ashland greeted the news with triumphant
chants of 'Love won'.
Davis's supporters broke into an impromptu rendition of Amazing Grace.
Gay couple: Jonathan Beebe-Franqui, left, and his husband Dwayne D. Beebe-Franqui
embraced as they waited for Davies to arrive at the court but it is
believed she slipped in via a back entrance
Protesters both supporting and opposing same-sex marriage gathered in front of the federal courthouse ..
Report by: Daily Mail
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