Sen. Phil Berger says the law that is causing magistrates to recuse themselves will probably prevent situations like the one in Kentucky.

The protections are part of a much broader proposed regulation released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Demonstrators outside are waving signs, chanting and singing hymns as they wait for Rowan County clerk Kim Davis to arrive.

U.S. District Judge David Bunning has ordered Davis and all her deputy clerks to appear at an 11am hearing.

“She is showing more courage and humility than just about any federal office holder in Washington,” said Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

“Government officials are free to disagree with the law, but not disobey it,” U.S. Attorney Kerry B. Harvey wrote in a statement

“We are going to make something happen about this. We are not going to sit by and let her say that we can’t get married.”

Davis’ attorneys want to delay Judge Bunning’s orders to appeal to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel says Davis’ marriage and childbearing history is “not really relevant.”

Judge Robert A. Zarnoch says that clearer laws governing the rights of same-sex couples need to be established up by state legislators.

Kim Davis refuses to relent, and refuses to surrender in the battle over who can and can’t be wed.

In a statement, Davis said that “to issue a marriage license which conflicts with God’s definition of marriage… would violate my conscience.”

On the heels of Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba and the United States September 19-27, here’s a primer on where he stands on key issues.

Kim Davis says her office is continuing to deny marriage licenses to gay couples “under God’s authority.”

A defiant county clerk in Kentucky has again refused to issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Rowan County clerk Kim Davis will arrive at work Tuesday morning to face her “moment of truth.”

A lawyer representing Kim Davis said “she’s going to have to think and pray about her decision overnight.”

“She’s rocking and rolling and having a good time.”

““I was standing on a bridge about four or five years ago… However, looking back, the idea that I would jump was ridiculous.”

“She saw just a straight couple in love, and she should see everybody like that.”