News Alert: Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses is ordered to jail

View in Browser BREAKING NEWS Thursday September 3, 2015 Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Taken Into Custody MOREHEAD, KY - SEPTEMBER 2: Kim Davis, the Rowan County Clerk of Courts, listens to Robbie Blankenship and Jesse Cruz as they speak with her about getting a marriage license at the County Clerks Office on September 2, 2015 in Morehead, Kentucky. Citing a sincere religious objection, Davis, an Apostolic Christian, has refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling. (Photo by Ty Wright/Getty Images) Ty Wright via Getty Images ASHLAND, Ky., Sept 3 (Reuters) - A county clerk in Kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds was found in contempt by a U.S. federal judge on Thursday for defying his order to do so and taken into custody. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was led away by U.S. marshals. Read More

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