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In Kentucky, District, Circuit (including Family), Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court Judges are elected. There are some “quasi-judicial” offices such as Trial Commissioners and Domestic Relations Commissioners who are appointed by the Court overseeing the quasi-judicial program in question. All of the foregoing are attorneys licensed by the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I do not believe there have been non-attorney judges in the Commonwealth since the mid-late 70’s.

As a Kentucky resident, attorney, and taxpayer, I believe that former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis (who lost her 2018 bid for re-election) should be required to pay the legal fees of the plaintiffs who sued her in 2015. As one of the governor’s attorneys wrote in a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals:[1]Her local policy stood in direct conflict with her statutory obligation to issue marriage licenses to qualified Kentucky couples. The local policy also undermined the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s interest in upholding the rule of law.Davis put her personal religious beliefs above the law and above the interest of citizens she had sworn to serve. She did not have the right to deny marriage licenses to the plaintiffs after the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry.Your second question is not entirely accurate. Non-governmental attorneys representing Governor Matt Bevin argue in court that Davis herself should pay the attorney fees, but Bevin himself today reiterated his personal support for Davis. Per the governor’s General Counsel:In contesting the federal court’s award of attorney’s fees against the commonwealth, outside counsel retained by the Beshear administration to represent the governor’s office have taken no position as to whether Ms. Davis acted unconstitutionally. Governor Bevin does not believe that she has done so and continues to support Ms. Davis’s actions.Bevin is an evangelical Christian ideologue, and he continues to believe that Davis did nothing at all wrong, and should not face negative consequences of her actions.Footnotes[1] Gov. Bevin’s lawyers say Kim Davis failed to do her job as clerk, must pay the bill

Some revived or created neo-pagan religions include:Asatru (Norse Paganism) *DruidismGoddess WorshipWicca and WitchcraftLet's define officially recognized in a couple of ways:1. Granted tax free status2. Provided in penitentiaries as a option for religious counseling or allowance of specific rituals3. Provided as an option to members of the armed forces for religious counselingWhat's below is far from an exhaustive list, applies only to Wicca and only partially covers Canada and the US, as many elements of 'recognition' are held below the federal level, so actual allowances vary substantially. I'll leave it to others to identify similar material for other neo-pagan belief systems and countries.On the taxation front, the US recognizes Wicca, although some states do not:Wiccans have also experienced difficulties in administering and receiving prison ministry, although not in the UK of recent times.[19] In 1985, as a result of Dettmer v. Landon [617 F. Supp. 592 (D.C. Va 1985)], the District Court of Virginia ruled that Wicca is a legally recognised religion and is afforded all the benefits accorded to it by law. This was affirmed a year later by Judge John D. Butzner, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [Dettmer v. Landon, 799 F. 2d 929 (4th Cir. 1986)].http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_discrimination_against_Neopagans#In_the_armed_forcesOn the provision of counseling in prisons, Canada and the US vary but US case law appears to support Wiccan ceremonies be permitted:Correctional Services of Canada has recognized and thereby given status to Pagans within federal correctional facilities. This is established policy.http://www.wcc.on.ca/legal.htmlThe defendants are under no obligation to provide every religious sect or group in the prison with identical facilities, Cruz, 405 U.S. at 322 n.2; Thompson v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 712 F.2d 1078, 1082 (6th Cir. 1983). Prison officials must be "accorded latitude in the administration of prison affairs." Cruz, 450 U.S. at 321. Nonetheless, in this particular case, it is clear that Marsh was treated differently from similarly situated inmates for no reason at all. Marsh is clearly entitled to an order enjoining the defendants from prohibiting his religious use of incense in the Marquette Branch prison chapel or similar facility, should the plaintiff be transferred to another prison.http://www.religioustolerance.org/witchcr3.htmOn provision of counseling in the military, the US has provided support at Ft Hood, Texas since 1999:They are America's first official Army witches, with all that double duty implies: buzz cuts and pentagram rings, moon tattoos under uniforms. One typical dog tag reads: NAME: Philip Campanaro. UNIT: USAG III Corps. RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE: Wicca.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/june99/wicca08.htmAnd the US Military Chaplain's handbook has an entry on how to provide religious counseling to Wiccans:The excerpt US Army prepared a book for the guidance of its chaplains when dealing with a soldier of a non-traditional faith. The book is: "Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains," and was first published in 1978. The 1990 edition appears to have gone out of print. However a new version was published in 2001 under the same name. The the U.S. Department of the Army is listed as as editor 1http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_usbk.htm