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Morehead to Host Civil Rights Rally on Saturday

LGBTQ Nation

There’s a civil rights rally in Morehead on Saturday (August 29) at 9AM.

The event is sponsored by the Rowan County Rights Coalition and is taking place outside the county administration building, where Clerk Kim Davis has her offices.

Coordinator Mary Hargis says groups like the National Organization for Women, AllYance (alliance), various faith groups and others will take part in the event.

Hargis says the rally is a reaction to the continued denial of marriage licenses to same sex couples in Rowan County.

Despite a federal court order, Rowan Clerk Kim Davis has refused to grant marriage licenses to anyone following the Supreme Court’s June ruling that legalized gay marriage. Davis believes granting permits to same sex couples is a violation of her religious liberty. 

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