Ky. clerk’s attorney: Marriage licenses ‘not worth the paper they’re written on’

[steve2470]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/09/04/with-defiant-clerk-in-jail-gay-marriage-licenses-finally-issued-in-kentucky-county/

MOREHEAD, Ky. –?An attorney for jailed Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis said that the marriage licenses issued Friday to a series of same-sex couples here are not valid.

“They are not worth the paper they’re written on,” Mat Staver said outside the Carter County Detention Center, where Davis is being held on a contempt charge.

“Our position and the position of the clerk of Rowan County is that those licenses are void,” Staver said at an afternoon news conference in Grayson, about 35 miles from the Rowan County Courthouse.

Staver said the licenses issued Friday aren’t valid because they were issued under the county clerk’s authority — but Davis hasn’t granted that authority.

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They are issued under the authority of the OFFICE of county clerk, not Kim Davis personally. So, you're wrong Mr. Staver.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. Just add to their damages tally. Nit wit.

[still_one]

2. No Mr. Staver, you are VOID. In fact, someone should look into disbarring you for making such inane

statements

but I guess if that happened, there would be no republican lawyers

[Rex]

3. Well then all she has to do is leave jail and...oh...right...she can't can she?

WHATTHEFUCKEVER Mr. Nobody Attorney!

[malaise]

14. So are they saying that if she was in hospital, on leave or dropped dead

that no one could get married?

[Trekologer]

15. Of course not

Unless they were gay it would be all well and good.

[Rex]

17. Yes! Why even Death himself would take a vacaneymoon!

Time would halt and goats would quit eating soup cans. Rain would fall upwards and birds would walk everywhere instead of fly!

[malaise]

21. ROFL

These people are insane

[Lee-Lee]

4. Ugh. This whole mess had me almost thinking the libertarians are right

And the whole idea of a license to marry from the government is stupid.

[RKP5637]

7. It certainty makes one wonder! n/t

[thecrow]

5. So now the attorney's point of view

and personal judgement invalidates a federal judge and the supremes?
Boy are these loonies over the top with their self righteousness.
"I'm not crazy, it's the rest of the world that's insane"

[Rex]

9. Their egos are amazing to behold. Almost godlike in their view of the world.

Then again cult-fundies are like that.

[jberryhill]

10. Oh, I thought you were talking about attorneys generally

...and you'd still be right.

[Rex]

11. LOL!

Well he does sound a little...full of something.

[truebluegreen]

23. The odds are not in their favor. nt

[RKP5637]

6. Her attorney is a blithering idiot! n/t

[Warpy]

8. Issued by the clerk of court's office, they're valid

and I doubt a snot slinging hissy fit by some right wing lawyer who takes it to court will change that.

The other employees have done an end run around Davis and her equally idiotic son. Who knows where this will end---maybe the family will have to give up their fiefdom as the voters chuck Kim out and pass a resolution against nepotism within government offices.

I can dream, anyway.

I hope there's a new Shiny Object soon for the media to focus on. Being forgotten in jail will bring her around fairly quickly.

[Aerows]

13. Exactly

Let her sit there and rot while the world goes on without her (and she can't get funding through gofundme anymore).

The second the publicity and possible money disappears, so will her "Christian" resolve.

[Warpy]

18. Apparently Franklin Graham has set up a "Christian" funding site for her

It will be interesting to see what percentage he scrapes off the top.

There is no honor among fundy thieves, you know.

[mnhtnbb]

29. So far, it's only raised $40. I hope it stays that way.

[hifiguy]

12. Ten pounds of horse manure

in a five pound sack.

IF the office issues the license, the license is valid.

[Eleanors38]

25. God, the imagery.

[Solly Mack]

16. Go ahead, asswipes. Try and void those licenses.

The lawsuits are waiting.

[yellowcanine]

19. And the earth will remain round even if you say it is flat Mr. Staver. Now STFU

[hobbit709]

20. Just because your law license isn't worth the paper it's written on, doesn't make all licenses

the same.

[LiberalAndProud]

22. Mat Staver - Once a pastor, always a pastor.

But it's got nothing to do with religion, I've been told.

[mythology]

24. Says the lawyer for the woman who has been married four times

I get that divorces happen, but she has gone through a number of them, seemingly under some interesting circumstances and it doesn't exactly show a real commitment to the value of her marriages that she hasn't been able to make it work given four marriages.

[randys1]

26. I always defend attorneys, we all should, without them we could be very fucked someday.

Having said that:


This guy is an asshole, a bigot and should not be allowed to practice law.

[walkingman]

27. After seeing the tv series

Justified I wondered if Kentucky was that much like "deliverance" - it is. But who am I to point fingers I live in Texas. Although I do live in Austin which is without doubt the most same city in the hell hole.

Fire the lady and move on!!

[Logical]

28. So if she ws on vacation no on signs the certificates? nt

[riderinthestorm]

30. The Rowan County attorney disagrees with her

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-kentucky-clerk-gay-marriage-20150904-story.html

At least three gay couples received marriage licenses Friday from one of Davis' deputies, embracing and celebrating after repeatedly being turned away before Davis was jailed on Thursday. Their attorneys, along with Rowan County Attorney Cecil Watkins, said the licenses are valid. Bunning said Thursday he did not know if the licenses were valid but ordered them to be issued anyway.

Marriage licenses in Kentucky usually have the elected clerk's signature on them; those handed out Friday lacked any signature. The Rowan County attorney and lawyers for the gay couples said they are legal and valid nevertheless. When the judge was asked if the licenses will be considered valid without Davis' authorization, he said it was up to the gay couples to take that chance.