The American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement on Thursday that four Kentucky couples are suing Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk, as he refused to issue gay-marriage licenses, even after the Supreme Court gave the same-sex marriage couples the legal right to marry.

On behalf of two homosexual and two heterosexual couples, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky filed a federal lawsuit against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis on Thursday.

It was said that the couples were turned down when they tried to get marriage licenses from Davis' office in this week.

Davis in her clarification said that her religious beliefs prevented her to go against the Supreme Court's ruling. Due to this she decided not to issue the license to any type of couple whether gay or straight.

Davis said, "It's a deep-rooted conviction; my conscience won't allow me to do that. It goes against everything I hold dear, everything sacred in my life".

Davis is among a couple of judges and clerks across the South who have went against the Court's order, saying that the right to 'religious freedom' protects them from having to comply with the ruling.

County Commissioner David Boroughs told The Jackson Sun that the Decatur County, Tennessee clerk and two office employees resigned on Thursday due to their opposition to same-sex marriage.

Lawyers representing gay couples told The Associated Press that all the counties in Alabama appeared to be following the Supreme Court ruling as of Thursday.

Some Kentucky clerks who at first resisted issuing same-sex marriage licenses changed course this week and agreed to sign them.