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==Legal compliance== In June and July 2015, the Rowan county clerk, [[Kim Davis]], refused several residents their right to marry, a right guaranteed by the [[Obergefell v. Hodges|ruling of the Supreme Court]] on June 26, 2015, that same-sex marriages are legal across the entirety of the United States. Privately held religious belief was given as the reason for non-compliance with the Court's ruling and with the state governor's executive order of June 26 instructing all state agencies and clerks to comply with it.<ref>{{Cite news |title=ACLU sues Rowan clerk over marriage licenses |url=http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2015/07/02/aclu-lawsuit-rowan-clerks-gay-marriage/29639341/ |access-date=July 8, 2015 |work=The Courier-Journal}}</ref> After Davis took her name off the county's marriage licenses<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/kim-davis-altered-marriage-licenses-375866</ref> and allowed her deputies to issue them, [[Governor of Kentucky|Governor]] [[Matt Bevin]] issued an executive order ensuring marriage licenses without the county clerk's name on them would be recognized as valid,<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/23/460790418/per-governors-order-kentucky-marriage-licenses-no-longer-need-clerks-name</ref> and the [[Kentucky General Assembly|state legislature]] changed the law to codify Governor Bevin's executive order by 2018.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/415366-anti-gay-marriage-country-clerk-kim-davis-loses-reelection-in-kentucky/</ref> After Davis lost re-election in 2018, Davis's successor, Elwood Caudill, vowed to treat everyone equally after taking an oath to uphold the law.<ref>https://www.whas11.com/article/news/politics/kim-davis-loses-to-democrat-elwood-caudill-jr-in-rowan-county-clerk-race/417-611920897</ref>
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