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KY Clerk Biking to Paducah to Support Rowan Clerk

KY Clerk Biking to Paducah to Support Rowan Clerk
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By The Associated Press / West Kentucky Star Staff
Aug. 27, 2015 | PADUCAH, KY
By The Associated Press / West Kentucky Star Staff Aug. 27, 2015 | 09:59 AM | PADUCAH, KY
Paducah is about to be thrust into the national spotlight over a Kentucky county clerk's decision to not uphold a U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on gay marriage from the other side of the state.

Casey County Clerk Casey Davis has begun a bike ride across Kentucky to bring attention to the circumstances of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who has refused to issue marriage licenses, despite an order from a federal appeals court that upheld a judge's directive to issue the licenses.   

Kim Davis has cited her Christian belief against gay marriages and declared she would refuse licenses to all couples, gay or straight, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage.  

A statement from The Family Foundation says Casey Davis set off at 4:30 am in Pikeville in the eastern part of the state and plans to ride to Paducah. According to Google maps, it would take 44 hours to cycle from Pikeville to Paducah, which is 461 miles. Casey hopes to ride 40 miles each day.

Kent Ostrander from the Family Foundation said Thursday that a rally is planned in Paducah as Casey's ride ends.  

Although the two are not related by blood, The Family Foundation says the Davis' are bonded by religious conviction.

"I cannot let my sister go to jail without my doing something to let others know about her plight,'' Casey said in the statement.   

He says Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear should do more to protect religious liberties, and uphold the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2013, which legislators passed into state law in spite of his veto.

On the Net:

Click HERE to read the story about the clerk refusing to issue the license for a third time on Thursday
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