WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk jailed for defying orders to issue same-sex marriage licenses, will be among the many guests attending President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address Tuesday.
Davis will be in the audience along with Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case that led to legalizing gay marriage. Davis, with her attorney Mat Staver, will be in the House audience as arranged by the Family Research Council. Obergefell will be seated in first lady Michelle Obama's box along with other notables who include U.S. Army Major Lisa Jaster, the first female Army Reserve officer to graduate from the Ranger School; Refaai Hamo, a Syrian refugee now living in Troy, Mich.; and Seattle police Chief Kathleen O'Toole.