Couple who sued Kentucky clerk Kim Davis marry

Source: AP

By CLAIRE GALOFARO

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — April Miller and Karen Roberts stood before a minister Saturday night, hand-in-hand, and said the two words they fought for months to exchange.

"I will."

The people packed into the room around them jumped into a standing ovation. They all wore matching rainbow buttons that read #LoveWins.

The couple, the first denied a license by Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, celebrated their wedding Saturday, capping a months-long saga that landed them in the middle of a national firestorm over religious freedom and civil rights.

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Karen Roberts, left, and April Miller kiss after renewing their vows in a public ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, in Morehead, Ky. Miller and Roberts were the plaintiffs in a suit filed against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis by the American Civil Liberties Union in an attempt to have her office issue marriage licenses. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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