Supporters rally behind defiant clerk

Hundreds gather outside Kentucky facility where Kim Davis is being jailed

People gather in support of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis outside the Carter County Detention Center Saturday in Grayson, Ky. Since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in June, the vast majority of officials have abided by that ruling. However, Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight, in defiance of a federal court order, and was sent to jail on Thursday. - photo by Associated Press

W Gay Marriage Kentucky Ledb 1 — People gather in support of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis outside the Carter County Detention Center Saturday in Grayson, Ky. Since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in June, the vast majority of officials have abided by that ruling. However, Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight, in defiance of a federal court order, and was sent to jail on Thursday. - photo by Associated Press

GRAYSON, Ky. — They stood chanting outside the jail house, "Thank you, Kim; Thank you, Kim," and prayed that the defiant county clerk locked inside could hear them. As Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis began her third day as an inmate at the Carter County Detention Center on Saturday, having chosen indefinite imprisonment over licensing gay marriage, around 300 people gathered on the lawn outside. "She won't bow, I promise you," Davis' husband, Joe, told the crowd.

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