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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Kentucky clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples may leave prison — as long as she doesn’t interfere with the licenses that her deputies have been granting since her incarceration last week.
U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis released, and said that if she did not follow his guidance, “appropriate sanctions will be considered.”
Davis’ attorney, Mat Staver, told NBC News that accommodation was unlikely to suffice.
“We’re back to Square One,” Staver said. “She’s been released, but there’s been no resolution.”
This is great news for Davis, though it is further proof of how the Supreme Court decision on same sex marriage will continue to have nation-wide implications. Stay tuned.
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