Kentucky clerk opposed to gay marriage to run for 2018 re-election

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Source: Reuters

#POLITICS NOVEMBER 7, 2017 / 7:03 PM / UPDATED 43 MINUTES AGO

Kentucky clerk opposed to gay marriage to run for 2018 re-election

Steve Bittenbender
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Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis will run to retain her seat in 2018 despite suggestions from some people that she run for a higher local or statewide political position, said Mat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel.

Davis spent five days in jail in September 2015 after refusing a court order to issue marriage licenses following the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage. Davis claimed same-sex marriage went against her Apostolic Christian beliefs.

Staver’s organization represented Davis in the resulting lawsuit filed by four couples against her.

“She’s not interested in any other office,” Staver said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kentucky-lgbt/kentucky-clerk-opposed-to-gay-marriage-to-run-for-2018-re-election-idUSKBN1D7341

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1. Some stories have suggested that this position is a "family seat", so to speak.

That her family has a history of being the Clerk in that county.