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Rusk County Commissioners accept clerk's resignation, no same-sex marriage licenses have been issued in Shelby, San Augustine Counties

The Rusk County Commissioners’ Court accepted the resignation of County Clerk Joyce Lewis-Kugle Monday morning after she refused to comply with the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the right to same-sex couples to marry.

 

Ms. Lewis-Kugle submitted her resignation last Thursday and said in the letter that she could not in good conscience issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

 

A long-time deputy clerk in Ms. Kugle’s office assumed the position as Rusk County Clerk.

 

Since the Supreme Court ruling a little over two weeks ago, neither the Shelby County nor San Augustine County Clerk’s offices had issued a same-sex marriage license as of late Monday afternoon.

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