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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWatch This Gay Couple Get Degraded and Denied a Marriage License in Kentucky
http://www.towleroad.com/2015/07/rowan-county-kentucky/On July 3 we reported that the ACLU was suing Rowan County, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
This week, a gay couple decided to go try and obtain a license from Ms. Davis and filmed the experience, giving the world a taste of what it looks like to be turned down by a bigoted county clerk and her staff.
David V. Moore and his partner live in Morehead, Kentucky and have been together 17 years. On Monday, July 6, they went to the Rowan County courthouse to get married, but were bullied by the county clerk and her staff by being forced to wait and generally disregarded while she talked to friends. Davis and staff then allowed others to cut in line before them while they continued to wait and finally denied them a license even though they brought letters from the Governor of Kentucky and the SCOTUS ruling with them.
Eventually, Davis offered the couple the time of day, denying them the license, but not before ordering the cameras to be turned off. The video, however, is now going viral, and Davis is going to get much more camera time in front of the world than she ever planned. Posted yesterday, the video has nearly 300,000 views.
This week, a gay couple decided to go try and obtain a license from Ms. Davis and filmed the experience, giving the world a taste of what it looks like to be turned down by a bigoted county clerk and her staff.
David V. Moore and his partner live in Morehead, Kentucky and have been together 17 years. On Monday, July 6, they went to the Rowan County courthouse to get married, but were bullied by the county clerk and her staff by being forced to wait and generally disregarded while she talked to friends. Davis and staff then allowed others to cut in line before them while they continued to wait and finally denied them a license even though they brought letters from the Governor of Kentucky and the SCOTUS ruling with them.
Eventually, Davis offered the couple the time of day, denying them the license, but not before ordering the cameras to be turned off. The video, however, is now going viral, and Davis is going to get much more camera time in front of the world than she ever planned. Posted yesterday, the video has nearly 300,000 views.
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Watch This Gay Couple Get Degraded and Denied a Marriage License in Kentucky (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jul 2015
OP
I hope this doesn't turn her into a celebrity who collections thousands in donations.
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#1
'Round these parts, we call that "intentional infliction of emotional distress." n/t
Orsino
Jul 2015
#4
I hope those homophobic dipshits are personally sued out of a livelihood...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2015
#5
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. I hope this doesn't turn her into a celebrity who collections thousands in donations.
Best wishes to the couple.
Behind the Aegis
(53,959 posts)2. I knew this would happen.
They will not go quietly into the good night, as witnessed by the others who do nothing or participate in the bigotry.
benld74
(9,904 posts)3. Who told whom to Read the Kentucky Constitution?
Orsino
(37,428 posts)4. 'Round these parts, we call that "intentional infliction of emotional distress." n/t
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)5. I hope those homophobic dipshits are personally sued out of a livelihood...
what pieces of shit.