MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky clerk who is refusing to issue marriage licenses despite a Supreme Court ruling against her says she won't resign or violate her religious beliefs about same-sex couples.
In a statement Tuesday, clerk Kim Davis said that despite calls for her resignation, she has done her job in Rowan County well.
But she says that issuing marriage licenses to gay couples would "violate my conscience." She calls it "a Heaven or Hell decision."
Davis also said it's not "a gay or lesbian issue," but rather a "matter of religious liberty, which is protected under the First Amendment."
The county attorney said Davis and her deputy clerks have been called to appear in federal court on Thursday morning.
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