Ky. Clerk Kim Davis Says Marriage Licenses Aren't Valid in 'God's Eyes'
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has said that she will continue to refuse to personally issue same-sex marriage licenses after two gay couples and two straight couples threatened to sue over the validity of licenses recently released by her office.
Davis, Rowan County clerk, was released from jail two weeks ago after she refused to issue gay marriage licenses based on her religious beliefs. When Davis was released from jail, she was orderd by a district judge to not stand in the way of deputy clerks issuing the licenses.
Two gay couples and two straight couples have now questioned in court the validity of the marriage licenses recently issue by clerk's deputies, which reportedly read "pursuant of a court order" on them instead of Davis' signature.
Davis said in an interview with "Good Morning America" this week that she too questions the validity of the licenses, saying they are "not valid in God's eyes."
"I have never once spouted a word of hate. I have not been hateful," Davis added.
In her "Good Morning America" interview, Davis went on to detail the insults that have been directed toward her since she has refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
"I have been called things and names that I didn't even say when I was in the world," Davis said. "Those names don't hurt me."
"What probably hurts me the worst," she said, "is when someone tells me that my God does not love me or that my God is not happy with me, that I am a hypocrite of a Christian."