[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/kentucky-same-sex-couple-speaks-out-against-marriage-license-denial\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/kentucky-same-sex-couple-speaks-out-against-marriage-license-denial\/","headline":"Kentucky same-sex couple speaks out against marriage license denial","name":"Kentucky same-sex couple speaks out against marriage license denial","description":"A Kentucky gay couple spoke to Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric exclusively Tuesday after being denied a marriage license for the fifth time.","datePublished":"2015-09-02","dateModified":"2015-10-02","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/yahoonews\/#Person","name":"Summer Delaney","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/yahoonews\/","identifier":5078,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/954eb7fd526ffe89a2263c61f710e09a5a4754ddf719ff7e4790c8ef94f91642?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/954eb7fd526ffe89a2263c61f710e09a5a4754ddf719ff7e4790c8ef94f91642?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Gay-Kentucky-couple-denied-marriage-license-interview-Katie-Couric.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Gay-Kentucky-couple-denied-marriage-license-interview-Katie-Couric.jpg","height":576,"width":1000},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/kentucky-same-sex-couple-speaks-out-against-marriage-license-denial\/","about":["Community","Features","Marriage Equality News","News","Videos"],"wordCount":367,"keywords":[" marriage equality","gay weddings","Kentucky","marriage license","news","same-sex couples","Supreme Court","videos","Yahoo"],"articleBody":" This news story was directly shared with Equally Wed from Yahoo News producers. It was first published on Yahoo.com.\u00a0[dropcap letter=”A”] Kentucky gay couple spoke to Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric exclusively Tuesday after being denied a marriage license for the fifth time. \u00a0 \u201c[Gay marriage] has to be recognized here,\u201d said James Yates. \u201cWe live here. It\u2019s right here. It\u2019s been ruled that it\u2019s right here.\u201dYates and his partner Will Smith Jr. were one of three same-sex couples denied a marriage license Tuesday morning by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. A video of couple David Moore and David Ermold went viral after Davis refused to give them a license, \u201cunder God\u2019s authority.\u201dWhile the couple did not speak with Davis on Tuesday, they were greeted with protesters from both sides of the issue after leaving her office.\u201cEveryone was emotional,\u201d said Yates. \u201cThere were people cheering that we didn\u2019t get our [marriage] license when we came out.\u201cYates and Smith have been together for nearly a decade. While they initially rejoiced after the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry nationwide, the couple has kept their \u201coptimism in check\u201d after facing obstacles.RELATED: SAME-SEX COUPLES STILL FIGHTING FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES AROUND THE COUNTRY\u201cIt is hard to celebrate when everybody else \u2026 can celebrate their lives together [and be] recognized as married, and we can\u2019t do so in our own hometown,\u201d said Smith.The Supreme Court denied Davis\u2019s emergency request Monday to deny same-sex couples marriage licenses. Since she now has no legal grounds to refuse licenses, she could face steep fines or jail time, according to the Associated Press.From their perspective, the couple just wants Davis to either resign or do her job. Though they have thought about getting married in another state or county, they want to be recognized in their hometown of Morehead.\u201cWe\u2019re just a normal couple that just wants to spend our lives together,\u201d said Smith.Davis says she \u201cintends to continue to serve,\u201d but will not go against her religious beliefs. She and her deputy clerks will appear in a federal court hearing on Thursday.\u00a0"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Kentucky same-sex couple speaks out against marriage license denial","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/kentucky-same-sex-couple-speaks-out-against-marriage-license-denial\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]