Gay Marriage / Gay Rights

[HairOfTheDog]

That's why my question was why the deputy clerk couldn't just issue it in the first place. Nowhere on my marriage certificate is the court of circuit court's signature, unlike my warranty deeds to both of my homes that have her stamp and signature.

I think it's probably the same in Kentucky; that the licenses have the county clerk's name printed on them but any deputy clerk can legally sign them.

Kim Davis wants to have her named removed on grounds that it amounts to her endorsing gay marriage, even if she doesn't personally sign them.

The ones that were issued while she was jailed had her name removed. So instead of the licenses saying they were issued on a certain date "in the office of Kim Davis, Rowan County County Clerk," they read, "in the office of Rowan County, Rowan County County Clerk."

The licenses did include the name of deputy clerk Brian Mason in a spot designated for the "recorder's name."

"They are not being issued under the authority of the Rowan County clerk's office. They are not worth the paper that they are written on," Davis' attorney Mat Staver said Friday after meeting with Davis in the Carter County jail in Grayson.

But, Rowan County Attorney Cecil Watkins had previously dismissed that argument, saying deputy clerks can issue valid marriage licenses without their boss's approval.

I hope those licenses issued last Friday are valid; I tend to believe the County Attorney over Davis' attorney.

Ref: http://www.kentucky.com/2015/09/08/40255...rylink=cpy