Updated - March 28, 2016 03:14 pm IST
Published - September 04, 2015 04:43 am IST - ASHLAND:
A federal judge ordered a defiant county clerk to jail for contempt on Thursday after she insisted that it would violate her conscience to follow court orders to issue marriage licences to gay couples.
Kim Davis and her deputy clerks were summoned to appear before District Judge David Bunning after she repeatedly denied same-sex marriage licenses, citing her religious beliefs. The judge said she left him with no alternative but to jail her, since fines alone would not serve to change her mind.
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