AKIPRESS.COM - Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, walked out of jail on Tuesday after a federal judge who found her in contempt said he was satisfied licenses were being issued in accordance with a U.S. Supreme Court decision.

U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered her release after six days in jail, saying she "shall not interfere in any way, directly or indirectly, with the efforts of her deputy clerks to issue marriage licenses to all legally eligible couples."

The issue of same-sex marriage licenses in Kentucky and other states has become the latest focal point in the long-running debate over gay marriage in the United States, reports Reuters.

The Supreme Court's decision in late June legalized it in all 50 states, but a small number of elected clerks and lower level judges have voiced opposition on religious grounds. Some in Texas, Alabama and elsewhere have refused to issue licenses to anyone, gay or straight.

In Rowan County, Kentucky, where Davis is the clerk, five of her six deputies issued licenses to several same sex-couples while she was in jail.

If she interferes with the deputies, she will have violated the order and could face sanctions, Bunning said.

Hours after the judge's order, Davis climbed a podium in front of the Carter County Detention Center with her husband Joe, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and lawyer Mathew Staver.

As loud speakers blared the rock band Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger", the music theme to the Rocky III boxing movie, they held their hands up in triumph.

Greeted by roughly 4,000 singing and shouting supporters, an emotional Davis thanked everyone and said: "I just want to give God his glory."