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>> reporter: kim davis was tearful on the stand, testifying her religious beliefs and conscience make her unable to follow an august 12th order from the same court to issue licenses in accordance with the supreme courts historic marriage equality ruling earlier this summer. davis is currently appealing the order to issue the licenses in a higher court. in an earlier statement, davis, whos been divorced three times, said to me this has never been a gay or lesbian issue. it is about marriage and g...

Despite that, her office continued to refuse license couples. april miller testified shes been barred three times by davis for receiving a license to marry her partner of 11 years before the judge ordered davis taken in to custody by the u.s. marshals. >> we did not ask the court to imprisonen miss davis. that was not the sanction that we sought. and i think it is unfortunate that she is there. but the judge did what he felt was necessary in order to gain compliance. >> reporter: alexandra field...

A kentucky judge ordered kim davis to stay behind pars until she abides by the supreme court ruling which legalized same-sex marriage in the u.s. davis said she is refusing licenses based on her relikon. >> religious liberty is not a sword with which government, through its employees, may impose particular religious views on others, more may use religious liberty as justification to withhold essential government services. >> same-sex couples heading to the courthouse friday morning could be give...

Liberty which is protected under the first amendment. while considering whether to charge davis with contempt, the court rejected the argument that she was factually unable or physically unable to comply with the courts order to issue the licenses. judge david bunning saying our system of justice requires citizens and elected officials to follow the orders of the court. earlier this week the supreme court at the united states denied a petition from davis tone able her to refuse to issue licenses...

governor mitt romney. >> only yesterday south carolinas biggest newspaper, the state, endorsed huntsman. well talk more about this in fair game coming up later in this hour. well, the owner of the kreutz ship that ran aground and partially sank off italy says hope is the last thing to die. an estimated 16 people are still unaccounted for in fridays disaster. for a while the search teams had to pull back because the ship was rocking. the ship was carrying more than 4,000 people. hes b...