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West Virginia Clerk Allegedly Calls Lesbians Trying To Get Married An "Abomination"

"I just told them my opinion."

A lesbian couple recently married in Glenville, West Virginia say they're "flabbergasted and hurt and angry like you wouldn't believe" over the humiliating experience they endured in order to get a marriage license.

Samantha Brookover and Amanda Ambramovich told the Charleston Gazette-Mail that they brought family and friends to the Gilmer County courthouse last week to celebrate the occasion, but the mood was ruined by a county clerk who "screamed" at the couple and told them they were "an abomination."

Though deputy clerk Debbie Allen disputes the allegations, she reportedly "took their driver's licenses, made copies, slammed down the copies and then, for two to three minutes, yelled that what they were doing was wrong in her eyes and in God’s eyes and that no one in Gilmer County would ever marry them."

"I just told them my opinion," Allen told the paper. "I just felt led to do that. I believe God was standing with me and that’s just my religious belief."

Allen insisted she "did not attack" or "yell" at the couple. "We were not aggressive with them. I felt I talked nicely to them."

Brookover and Ambramovich were able to obtain their license, but remain hurt by Allen's condemnation. "It just takes one person to remind you how closed-minded our world is," Brookover said.

To make matters worse, Allen's boss, Gilmer County clerk Jean Butcher, shrugged it off when the couple called her to complain.

"They were issued the license, and that was the main thing," she said.

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