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Her office is issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. Kim lost.
Not if you consider her goal was to not have anything to do with gay marriage herself. She took her job before the mistrial "Obergefell" (due process demands it be re-heard). I'd say gay couples applying for a marriage license who receive one that doesn't have a clerk's stamp of approval are the ones who lost this battle.
"To ensure that the sincerely held religious beliefs of all Kentuckians are honored, Executive Order 2015-048 directs the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives to issue a revised marriage license form to the offices of all Kentucky County Clerks. The name of the County Clerk is no longer required to appear on the form," the governor's office said Tuesday. Kentucky governor removes clerk names from marriage licenses - CNNPolitics.com
If a hetero couple apply, Davis and other Christian Clerks in KY can and would put their names on the license. If a gay couple, then no.
Her goal was to uphold "God's law" and to allow clerks the right to deny marriages licenses to gay couples. She failed miserably.
She doesn't have to sign off on gay marriage. I'd call that a victory.