White House: 'appropriate' for judge to enforce law in Kentucky gay marriage license issue

"I would not from this vantage point second-guess those decisions," Earnest told reporters, when asked about a U.S. federal judge finding the clerk in contempt of court.

"There's a rule of law and the principle of the rule of law is central to our democracy. And it's appropriate in this instance for a federal judge to determine the best way to enforce the law."

(Reporting by Alina Selyukh and Susan Heavey; Editing by Sandra Maler)