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With the controversial topic of gay marriage flooding the news, there are employees out there that are trying to do their job while others are stepping in the way to prevent them from doing so. According to the Huffington Post, Brian Mason, A Kentucky deputy clerk at Rowan County Clerk’s office says that he’ll continue to issue marriage licenses even though his boss, County Clerk, Kim Davis disapproves. According to the article, “Kentucky law does not require a county clerk’s signature on the license to be valid, but the only the signature of the deputy clerk employee issuing the license” (Wong). The Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has hired attorney Mathew Staver on her behalf. Staver believes that “requiring Davis

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