She's released from jail. Kentucky clerk.

The controversial Kentucky clerk, who has been jailed since Thursday, due to her refusal to issue gay marriage licenses has been released from prison.

Celebrate her bravery.
The United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the order on Tuesday.

The court ordered she not interfere with five of her deputy clerks issuing marriage licenses or it will be considered a violation of the order and "appropriate sanctions will be considered."

The five deputy clerks and Davis' attorneys will be required to file a status report every 14 days to show Davis is complying with the order.

“The Court is therefore satisfied that the Rowan County Clerk’s Office is fulfilling its obligation to issue marriage licenses to all legally eligible couples, consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Obergefell and this Court’s August 12, 2015 Order. For these reasons, the Court’s prior contempt sanction against Defendant Davis is hereby lifted,” wrote Judge David Bunning who sentenced her to jail last week on a contempt charge.

The ruling comes a few hours before a rally was scheduled at the jail. Davis, who appealed directly to the governor of Kentucky for her release, was also expected to be visited in prison Tuesday by Republican presidential candidates Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Despite her incarceration, her attorney Harry Mihet released a statement Monday that she visited the 49-year-old Rowan County clerk and said her spirits remained high.

"I had an amazing visit with Kim. She exudes gentleness and is at peace," said Mihet, the chief litigation counsel, for the religious nonprofit Liberty Counsel. "She was brought to tears when she heard that so many people outside the jail and around the country are praying for her."

Mihet said she is reading her Bible and wanted to share the verse from 2 Timothy 1:7-8.

"God did not give us the spirit of fear, but of power and love and self-control. Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in the suffering for the gospel and the power of God."

The group's founder Mat Staver said Davis does not consider herself a martyr or hero as she has become a rallying point for both sides in the oft debated topic.

"She loves God, loves people, and loves her job," Staver said. "She remains faithful to all three and that is why she is here in jail. She may be a prisoner because of her faith, but Kim is freer than most Americans."

Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, says Davis is exercising her religious freedom and will join the rally. He is expected to appear at a rally at the jail at 3 p.m.

Davis, an apostolic Christian refused to issue the licenses because of her religious beliefs and also prohibited her deputy clerks from issuing the documentation with her name on it. She stopped issuing all marriage licenses in June when gay marriage became legal but was sued by two gay and two heterosexual couples.

Her office is now issuing the licenses though Davis claims they are "not worth the paper they are written on" because she didn't sign them, she said from jail Friday. The documents were altered to remove Davis' name, reports Kentucky.com.

Her latest legal step was to appeal directly Monday to Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear to grant an emergency request for the governor to accommodate Kim's religious conviction, and grant her immediate release from jail.


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Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee plans to visit Davis in jail on Tuesday.

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Republican presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, also plans to visit Davis in prison.

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Many of her supporters have praised Davis and hope she is released from jail.

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A man opposed to same-sex marriage holds a sign during a protest in front of the federal courthouse September 3, 2015 in Ashland, Kentucky.
"While she is content no matter her circumstances because of her deep faith and Jesus, she should be free," Staver said in a statement.

Her lawyers also appealed the contempt order to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

But the governor, who is being asked to allow Davis to remove her name and title from official marriage certificates issued in Rowan County, has said the matter is between Davis and the courts.

He also said he does not want to hold a special session to review the law when the other clerks in the state are doing their jobs.

Another bizarre twist to the story is a domain name FreeKimDavis.com was purchased and directs people to the Human Rights Campaign. The Liberty Counsel accused the organization of buying it, but the HRC denied that charge to Buzzfeed.