Gay couples ask judge to hold clerk in contempt

Lawyers asked a federal judge to hold a county clerk here in contempt of court Tuesday after she defied the Supreme Court and again refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.

The Supreme Court refused Monday to allow Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’ office to deny the licenses because of her religious beliefs. However, on Tuesday morning, she denied the licenses to at least four couples.

David Moore and his partner, David Ermold, confronted Davis over the clerk's counter as crowd of supporters shouted for Davis to do her job.

"This is overwhelming. It feels ridiculous," Moore said after being refused. "Who has to go through this to get married? This is 2015. This is America. This is what we pay taxes for — to be treated like this, to be discriminated against?"