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CONTEMPT OF COURT: Rowan County Clerk Held Accountable For Violating the Rights of LGBT Citizens

HRC continues to monitor the news from Kentucky. Recently, HRC responded to the news that U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered the release of Kentucky's Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis from federal custody and ordered her not to "interfere in any way, directly or indirectly, with the efforts of her deputy clerks to issue marriage licenses to all legally eligible couples."
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