The Daily Beast Finds Kim Davis' 1 Gay Friend But He Isn't Happy
Thursday
Sep 24, 2015
Kim
Davis (Source:Timothy D. Easley, The Associated
Press)
After
launching a campaign Wednesday to find
Kim Davis' gay friends (a
claim she made this week during her first TV interview on "Good Morning
America") the Daily Beast finally got in contact with a gay man who said he is good friends with the
embattled Kentucky county clerk.
Dallas
Black resides in Morehead, Ky. and spoke with the website, claiming to be Davis'
friend, after the Rowan clerk said this week she has denied her gay friends
marriage licenses. When "GMA" reporter Paula Faris asked Davis if she would
refuse to give marriage licenses to her gay friends, Davis
said, "I did."
"I
have friends who are gay and lesbian, and they know where I stand," she added.
"We don't agree on the issue."
When speaking to the Daily Beast, Black said he's known Davis his
entire life and that her first husband is a distant cousin of his. He added
Davis helped him file paperwork at the Rowan County clerk's office after his
mother died and though she isn't someone he "would get lunch with," she is
someone who gave him advice. Black said he even has her phone number.
"Even
after this all started, I went in a few days later and we spoke," he told the
website. "We talked about how each other were feeling, and how we're gonna be
friends even after all this."
Nevertheless,
Black said he doesn't recognize her anymore.
"I
really don't know who Kim is at the moment," he said. "I really want to believe
that he kind, sweet person who was there when my mom passed away is still
there," he said. "I was friends with Kim in the past, but I don't know this
woman I've been seeing."
Black told the Daily Beast he's surprised to see Davis' strong
views on preventing same-sex couples from getting married.
He
went on to say he supports Davis' views on the issue but isn't pleased that she
is turning the town into a "backwoods" laughingstock.
"Kim
Davis has become the face of Morehead, and that's not the face we want to
portray," he added.
Black
said Morehead is one of the most progressive college towns in Kentucky - a fact
he is proud of, he told the Daily Beast. In 2013, the city council approved an
LGBT non-disaffirmation ordinance and many LGBT people live in Morehead.
"This
is kind of like a sanctuary for people who came to [Morehead State University].
They live here now, they've made it their home because it's so
progressive," Black said. "And now it's like, what is this place we live in?
This is not the home we know. We don't feel safe now. That's ultimately what she
did. She made us feel like our home was invaded by strangers, and she made us
strangers to it."
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