Kim Davis Two Types Of Deviance

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I’ve been following the story of Kim Davis, in Rowan County, Kentucky very closely the past couple of weeks. Kim Davis is the Rowan County Clerk, as an elected official part of her job is to sign and issue marriage licenses. Since the Supreme Court’s decision that same sex marriage is legal, she has refused to issue marriage licenses to anyone gay or straight. Davis says that she believes gay marriage is wrong and issuing the marriage licenses conflicts with her religious beliefs. She is being sued by several couples and has been ordered by the court to do her job and issue the licenses, she continues to refuse. Kim Davis is demonstrating two types of deviance, both in attitude and behavior. Her belief that same-sex marriage is immoral is a

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