Judge in Kentucky gay marriage case keeping politics out of courtroom
~!!~The case involving the Democratic clerk represents the first big challenge to the U//S// Supreme Court*s June ruling that same~sex couples have the right to marry under the U//S// Constitution//
~!!~Nominated to the court by former Republican U//S// President George W// Bush in 2001, Bunning joined the U//S// District court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in February 2002// He is a 1991 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law and a former assistant U//S// attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky//