NASHVILLE – State Rep. Rick Womick is again urging Tennessee county clerks to quit issuing marriage certificates to same-sex couples, hailing the example of Rowan County, Ky., Clerk Kim Davis.
That would be the same Kim Davis who was ordered to jail Thursday for contempt of court.
U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning on Thursday placed Davis in the custody of U.S. marshals until she complies with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage, according to news accounts.
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“The court cannot condone the willful disobedience of its lawfully issued order,” Bunning told Davis before ordering her to be jailed, according to The New York Times. “If you give people the opportunity to choose which orders they follow, that’s what potentially causes problems.”