Clerk will not block gay marriages

A Kentucky clerk said she will not stop deputies from issuing marriage licences to same-sex couples, but added that she will not authorise the licences and questioned their validity.

It was Rowan County clerk Kim Davis’ first day back in the office, after five days in jail for defying a federal judge.

“I don’t want to have this conflict. I don’t want to be in the spotlight. And I certainly don’t want to be a whipping post,” Davis said, reading from a hand-written statement, outside the courthouse where she works.