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Kentucky clerk jailed for denying same-sex marriage licences

AKIPRESS.COM - 6750326-3x2-940x627 A Kentucky county clerk has been sent to jail by a United States federal court judge for refusing to issue marriage licences to gay couples because of her religious beliefs.

Rowan County clerk Kim Davis, 49, was led away by US marshals after judge David Bunning found her in contempt of court, the US media report.

"The court doesn't do this lightly," Mr Bunning said as he ordered she be taken into custody.

Mr Bunning said his earlier injunction ordering Ms Davis to issue marriage licences applied to everyone and not just the four couples whose suit in July had accused Ms Davis of not doing her job.

The judge elicited a pledge from five of Ms Davis's six deputies to issue the licences.

But her lawyers said she would deny them that authority, raising questions about the validity of any licences they might issue.

Ms Davis has refused to issue licences to any couples, gay or straight, since the US Supreme Court in June ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry under the US Constitution, citing her beliefs as an Apostolic Christian.

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