In your good news of the day, Kentucky country clerk Kim Davis might have to pay $225,000 in legal fees accrued while fighting to keep same sex couples from getting marriage licenses.

Courtesy of the Lexington Herald Leader:

The legal battle over Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis isn’t over yet. Now it’s time to pay the lawyers. 

Attorneys for the couples who sued Davis last year to get marriage licenses have asked U.S. District Judge David Bunning for an order letting them recoup $233,058 in legal fees and costs. Their lawsuit went to the U.S. Supreme Court and back, with Davis losing at every step and even going to jail for five days on contempt charges, before the Kentucky legislature made the point moot in April by changing the state’s marriage licenses to remove county clerks’ names. 

That was the outcome Davis wanted. She objected on religious grounds to the legalization of same-sex marriage by the Supreme Court, and she didn’t want her name on licenses going to same-sex couples. 

As great as this is to hear, I think we all know that Davis will not have to pay a cent.

Even IF she is forced to pay I have little doubt that right now some homophobic wingnuts are starting a Go Fund Me account to pay the whole thing off.

After all, she is what passes for a conservative hero these days.

Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis loses in court, but kinda wins at the ballot box.

Courtesy of HuffPo: 

Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis has lost another bid to delay issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 

The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday denied her latest request for a reprieve.

So according to the courts Davis has to issue marriage licenses even if she thinks that by doing so the same sex couples will drag her to Hell along with them for all eternity.

Bummer.

But wait, all is not lost. Here comes newly elected Governor Matt Bevin to save the day: 

Republican Kentucky Gov.-elect Matt Bevin said he plans to sign an executive order removing county clerks' names from state marriage licenses in the hope of avoiding more controversies like the one that arose a few months ago when Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Reuters reported. Bevin will be sworn in to office Dec. 8. 

In his first media availability since the win Tuesday, Bevin said he hopes the executive order will protect the religious beliefs of officials who are opposed to gay marriage, WLKY reported.

So to be clear,  Rowan county will STILL be issuing marriage licenses to everybody, gay, straight, or bi. But now they will be issued without the name of the county clerk on them. And somehow THAT makes everything alright with Davis and her whackadoodle religious beliefs?

Got it.

Nice to see this Bevin guy come right out of the gate pandering his ass off to the crazies.

You know that does not bode well for the people of Kentucky. 

Of course what can you expect from a guy who got the Sarah Palin seal of approval?