Anti-gay activists and lawmakers are hoping to strip the LGBTQ community of any and all protections with Trump’s pending Supreme Court appointment. Trump started out his presidency weakening protections for members of the LGBTQ community by revoking President Obama’s guidelines regarding transgender bathrooms. CNBC reported that, with the upcoming retirement of Anthony Kennedy, Trump has another […]
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis’ meeting with embattled Kentucky clerk Kim Davis was not an endorsement of her views in a statement issued Friday morning. The Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, issued the statement, stating in part that: “The pope did not enter into the details of the situation of Mrs. Davis, and […]
Embattled Rowan Country Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has switched political parties, becoming a Republican. Davis was in the national spotlight after defying a federal court order requiring that she issue marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. The situation kicked off a nationwide controversy regarding same-sex marriage and states rights. […]
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk recently jailed for refusing to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples, returned to work on Monday – saying she will not stop her deputy clerks from issuing licenses. Although the governor’s office and the county attorney are saying that licenses issued by her deputies are valid, Davis is questioning […]
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has been taken into custody and jailed after being summoned to federal court on contempt charges stemming from her refusal to issue any marriage licenses in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling making marriage equality the law of the land. The controversy came to a head on Monday […]