KENTUCKY: Marriage Licenses Begin In Rowan County!

Suck it, Kim Davis! The Lexington Herald-Leader reports:



James Yates and William Smith Jr. paid $35.50 and filled out some paperwork early Friday to become the first couple to get a marriage license in Rowan County since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage June 26, prompting a license ban by County Clerk Kim Davis. With Davis in jail on civil contempt charges for defying a judge’s order to resume issuing licenses, deputy clerk Brian Mason politely served Yates and Smith on Friday, even wishing them good luck and shaking their hands afterward. “Love won!” a crowd of marriage equality protesters shouted outside the Rowan County courthouse. Across the sidewalk, a crowd of people who support Kim Davis stood mutely, save for one man shouting quotes from the Bible.

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