More details have emerged about Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis' past as she prepares to go to court to answer Contempt of court charges Thursday for still refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court.

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According to U.S. News & World Report, Davis, who was previously revealed to have been married four times, gave birth to twins five months after divorcing her first husband in 1994. They were fathered by her third husband (whom she divorced in 2008), but adopted by her second husband (whom she divorced in 2006). All of the divorces, and her fourth marriage, took place during her time working at the clerk's office.

The new information has raised questions about whether Davis is a hypocrite concerning her own history, when she has strictly adhered to the Bible and shown no signs of bending to the court orders that she issue licenses for same-sex marriages, which were legalized during a SCOTUS ruling in June. She has claimed to fear going to hell for violating a 'central teaching' of the Bible if she complies with the orders.

However, despite critics calling her a hypocrite, she has been defended by a fellow Kentucky Clerk and her legal representation, who have claimed she was forgiven for her own sins which occurred before she converted to her current strong Christian beliefs.

"It's not really relevant, it's something that happened in her past," Mat Staver told the publication, noting that her conversion four years ago wiped her slate clean. "It's something that's not relevant to the issue at hand. She was 180 degrees changed."

Casey County Clerk Casey Davis (not related to her) also believes her past shouldn't play into the issue because there was a difference between divorcing and repenting and living in a same-sex relationship.

"I don't have any problem with that whatever, how she was before. If the Lord can forgive her, surely I can," he said. "That's something that's forgivable just like any other sin, but if you continue in it and live in it, there's a grave danger in that."

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