Stymied by courts, homosexual couples go after Kim Davis personally
Liberty Counsel filed two new briefs in the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis , seeking dismissal of the 2015 marriage license lawsuits Ermold v. Davis and Yates v. Davis . Both cases were filed by same-sex couples who received marriage licenses in 2015 while Davis was in jail, but who still want to punish Davis. The Ermold and Yates cases were dismissed in 2016, along with the original 2015 marriage license case Miller v. Davis , because Kentucky 's Governor Matt Bevin and the general assembly acted to permanently change Kentucky's marriage licensing laws to protect the religious liberty of Davis and other county clerks. But Ermold and Yates were reinstated following an appeal. The lower court ruled Davis cannot be liable for damages in her official capacity, but allowed the case to proceed against her individually. To succeed, Ermold and Yates would have to show that Davis violated a clearly establ