Casey County, Ky remains one of the latest few holdouts among counties not issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
County Clerk Casey Davis says the Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage nationwide is against his beliefs and maintains he won’t compromise his convictions.
He's asked Governor Beshear to provide an alternative for clerks who have moral objections to the Supreme Court ruling. Davis says he’s tired of being told he’s not doing his job.
“I did take an oath and that oath did not say I would lay aside my personal beliefs and do my job, the oath does say my job to the best of my ability so help me God and my ability will not go past what my conscience will allow," said Davis.
Davis is also refusing to issue marriage licenses to opposite-sex couples so that he can’t be accused of discrimination. He doesn’t see it as an inconvenience since marriage licenses can be obtained in any Kentucky county and not just the county where a couple lives.
Davis says he will not resign from office and if voters don’t like his stance, they can say so at the polls.
“I will gladly walk out of here, shake everyone’s hand and wish the best of the person that defeats me in that election," said Davis. "Until that happens I’m going to stand here and do my job and I’m not going to go against my conscience in the process.”
Davis says the Supreme Court ruling is against his beliefs and maintains he won’t compromise his convictions.
“I love my home and where I live but I don’t feel like that I put myself and my county in the situation that I put them in, that rests of the Supreme Court, they put us in this position."
