Kim Davis

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Kim Davis (born September 17, 1965 ) is a former American county clerk (town clerk) and registrar in Rowan County, Kentucky . Because same-sex marriage was against her belief, she refused to marry homosexual partners or to sign marriage certificates for them. In November 2018, she lost that office because she was not re-elected.

Personal

Davis was married four times to three different men. The first three marriages were divorced in 1994, 2006, and 2008. Their twins were born five months after their first marriage divorced. Her third husband is the biological father of the twins, who were adopted by the second husband, Joe Davis. Joe Davis is also her current husband. He supports her in her stance against same-sex marriage.

background

Davis began to refuse to issue marriage certificates to all couples in Rowan County, Kentucky on June 26, 2015 following the legal equality of marriage by the U.S. Constitutional Court . It also prohibited its employees from doing this. She was first instructed by a US District Judge to issue the certificates. After some revision levels, to move them to carry out their respective duties, she was after her appeal to the Supreme Court had failed, on September 3, 2015 by the District Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky in Beugehaft taken. The case was among other things, by the speaker of the White House ,  Josh Earnest , commented as constitutionally problematic and caused an international sensation.

Davis was released from custody a few days later and received by hundreds of supporters including Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee . The use of the song " Eye of the Tiger " in the demonstration was sharply criticized by its authors. She changed her party affiliation and joined the Republicans because she no longer felt represented by the Democrats .

The case has gained symbolic value for the conflict between modernity and conservatism in the USA and also affects the weighting of the right to freedom of religion over other laws.

environment

Davis had been her mother's surrogate in the position since 1991. She was known locally because she was the contact person for the citizens for a wide variety of official acts, from driving licenses to land registry entries. The corresponding area in the Appalachian Mountains has a poverty rate of 29%. She took office in 2014 and prevailed as a Democratic candidate against a Republican candidate. She receives an annual salary of approximately $ 80,000. She has been divorced several times herself, one of her sons is one of her employees and shares her attitude. She describes herself as a born again, apostolic Christian. Her re-emphasized religiosity dates back to 2011. Her supporters see her as a brave protagonist of civil resistance, while her opponents compare her behavior with the blockades of the governor George Wallace against the desegregation. Davis isn't the only county clerk, incumbent, or service provider denying same-sex marriage certification in the United States. After the decision of Obergefell v. Hodges asked just under half of the 157 county clerks in Kentucky, for example, to clarify concerns about implementation, and Davis's other colleagues had themselves transferred, retired or protested against the duty, but without refusing it. In the Davis District, too, following their conviction, same-sex marriage certificates were issued by fellow Davis colleagues.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kim Davis loses re-election bid in Kentucky, on CNN.com , accessed November 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ David Mack: Meet Kim Davis, the Woman Denying Same-Sex Couples Marriage Licenses in Kentucky . In: BuzzFeed , September 1, 2015. Accessed September 3, 2015. 
  3. ↑ Steven Nelson: Kentucky Clerk Fighting Gay Marriage Has Wed Four Times . In: US News & World Report , September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015. 
  4. ↑ Claire Galofaro: Kentucky Clerk in Gay Marriage Fight Says to Her, It's 'a Heaven or Hell Decision' . In: US News & World Report , September 2, 2015. 
  5. ↑ Kentucky clerk gets jail time for failing to issue same-sex marriage licenses , CNN . September 3, 2015. Accessed September 4, 2015. 
  6. ↑ a b Homophobic Evangelicals in the USA: Kim Davis free subject to conditions . In: the daily newspaper . September 9, 2015 ( taz.de [accessed on September 13, 2015]).
  7. ↑ a b Ansgar Graw: Kim Davis and her fight against gay marriage . In: Welt Online . September 4, 2015 ( welt.de [accessed September 12, 2015]).
  8. ↑ (dpa): Dispute over gay marriage: US registrar is in custody. In: WAZ. Retrieved September 12, 2015 .
  9. ^ N-tv news television: Kim Davis still in custody: Kentucky marries homosexual couple for the first time - n-tv.de. Retrieved September 12, 2015 .
  10. ↑ a b c USA: Homophobic registrar allowed to leave prison . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on September 12, 2015]).
  11. ^ The Raw Story: Kentucky clerk Kim Davis switches to Republican Party. Retrieved September 26, 2015 .
  12. ↑ a b c Alan Blinder, Richard Fausset: Kim Davis, a Local Fixture, and Now a National Symbol . In: The New York Times . September 1, 2015, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed September 13, 2015]).
  13. ^ Blevins wins judge-executive nomination . In: Morehead News , May 20, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2015. 
  14. ↑ Gay couples ask judge to punish defiant clerk . In: USA Today , September 1, 2015. 
  15. ↑ Clerk in Ky. marriage fight has turbulent marital history , CBS News . September 2, 2015. Accessed September 3, 2015. 
  16. ↑ Ansgar Graw: Kim Davis and her fight against gay marriage . In: Welt Online . September 4, 2015 ( welt.de [accessed September 12, 2015]).
  17. ^ Emma Green: Kim Davis Just Whooped the Left — and That May Be Just the Beginning. In: The Atlantic. Retrieved September 12, 2015 .
  18. ^ Advocate: Kim Davis loses another court case
personal data
SURNAME Davis, Kim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American registrar
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1965