Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who spent her fourth day behind bars Sunday, has filed an appeal notice of the judge’s decision that put her in a Kentucky jail for failing to follow his order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Attorneys representing Davis announced Sunday that they had filed a notice of appeal of last week’s ruling by District Court Judge David L. Bunning that held the clerk in contempt for failing to issue the licenses. Davis argued that her religious beliefs prevented her from signing or even having her name on the licenses despite a June ruling by the U.