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Kim Davis calls herself a 'soldier for Christ' in recently acquired emails

"The battle has just begun," Davis wrote in the email to a supporter, hours after four couples filed a federal lawsuit against her.
Kim Davis, the Rowan County Clerk of Courts, listens to Robbie Blankenship and Jesse Cruz as they speak with her about getting a marriage license at the County Clerks Office on Sep. 2, 2015 in Morehead, Ky. (Photo by Ty Wright/Getty)
Kim Davis, the Rowan County Clerk of Courts, listens to Robbie Blankenship and Jesse Cruz as they speak with her about getting a marriage license at the County Clerks Office on Sep. 2, 2015 in Morehead, Ky. 
By Associated Press, Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — The Kentucky clerk who found herself at the center of a heated national debate when she refused to license same-sex marriages described herself in an email as a "soldier for Christ."