LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Most of Kentucky's 120 county clerks have complied with the Supreme Court's order to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, though many have struggled with the decision.
Mike Johnston has prayed about it, asking the Lord to understand the decision he made to license same-sex marriage. Johnston works in Carter County, just to the east of Rowan County, where clerk Kim Davis sparked a national furor by refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
That decision landed her in jail. Kentucky's 119 other clerks, many of them deeply religious, watched the Kim Davis saga unfold on national television. Johnston and many others struggled to reconcile their faith and their oath of office. But when forced to make a decision, only three, including Davis, refused to issue licenses.
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