TTC Extra: Kentucky Clerk Jailed Over Gay Marriage Refusal
Clip: 9/4/2015 | 4m 1s
A Rowan County clerk was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples
Kim Davis, the Rowan County, KY, clerk who repeatedly refused to give marriage licenses to same-sex couples, has been jailed. She claims that issuing those licenses is against her religious rights and that she is protected by the first amendment. Now, Rowan County has begun to give same-sex couples licenses. PANEL: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Patricia Sosa, Darlene Kennedy, Francesca Chambers
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Funding for TO THE CONTRARY is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Park Foundation and the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation.
TTC Extra: Kentucky Clerk Jailed Over Gay Marriage Refusal
Clip: 9/4/2015 | 4m 1s
Kim Davis, the Rowan County, KY, clerk who repeatedly refused to give marriage licenses to same-sex couples, has been jailed. She claims that issuing those licenses is against her religious rights and that she is protected by the first amendment. Now, Rowan County has begun to give same-sex couples licenses. PANEL: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Patricia Sosa, Darlene Kennedy, Francesca Chambers
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