Jailed clerk vows not to back down, no resolution in sight

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis will spend the Labour Day holiday weekend in isolation at the Carter County Detention Center with her Bible and her clear conscience.
At least three same-sex couples will spend the weekend planning weddings after finally receiving the marriage licenses they asked for months ago but were denied because Davis believes gay marriage is a sin.
The Rowan County Clerk's office issued the licenses to same-sex couples yesterday under threat of jail time or fines if they didn't comply with a federal judge's order. While the licenses were freely given, the drama surrounding the county clerk does not appear to be ending anytime soon. Davis met with her attorneys in jail yesterday and told them she would "never violate her conscience or betray her God."

US District Judge David Bunning has said he will not release Davis unless she agrees to obey his order. Davis' attorneys said the only way she would relent would be to change Kentucky's state law so that marriage licenses are not issued under the authority of the county clerk. They claim the licenses that were issued to same-sex couples in Rowan County were not valid.
The state legislature will not meet again until January. Democratic Governor Steve Beshear has refused to call a special session, arguing it would waste taxpayer money to bring the legislature back on an issue that so far only affects one elected official.

That means Davis could potentially be in jail for months until the state legislature has a chance to change the law early next year.

Davis' supporters are not backing down. They planned a "Free Kim Davis" rally in front of the jail today and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said he planned to meet with Davis on Tuesday.
Since the US Supreme Court legalised gay marriage in June, the vast majority of officials have abides by that ruling. Davis and a handful of other clerks and judges, advised by the Christian law firm Liberty Counsel, have refused to comply.
They stopped issuing marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight. Davis was merely the first to be challenged in court.

Kim Davis' husband, Joe, said his wife will stay in jail "however long it takes," noting that she has held a Bible study at the Rowan County Detention Center every Monday night for the past few years.