Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis announced Friday that she is no longer a Democrat and is now a Republican, having felt that she was abandoned by the Democratic Party as she fought to not allow same-sex couples to marry.
Davis made the announcement while in Washington to attend the Family Research Council's Value Voters Summit where she received a reward for her determined resistance to same-sex marriage, said Charla Bansley, a spokeswoman for Liberty Counsel, which represents Davis in her legal battles, The Los Angeles Times reported.
Bansley noted that the reason Davis switched parties was because she was always a Democrat, but felt she was abandoned by the Democratic Party during the past few weeks.
"I've always been a Democrat, but the party left me," Davis allegedly said, according to Bansley.
Davis sparked a national debate about the relationship between elation of gay marriage, religion and government work when she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples since it would contradict her faith, according to the Associated Press.
As she was receiving harsh criticism throughout the case, it was Republicans - and not Democrats - who came to her defense.
Most notably, Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, both of whom are running for president, showed up in Kentucky to lend Davis their support.
Davis went into greater detail about her decision in an interview with Reuters: "My husband and I had talked about it for quite a while and we came to the conclusion that the Democratic Party left us a long time ago, so why were we hanging on?"
