But, it's against my religious beliefs!!!!

Butterfly said:
But she wasn't indoctrinated from cradle to grave. She has been married four times (or maybe only 3). One of her children was fathered by her husband-in-waiting while she was still married to the one before him. She "found the Lord" fairly recently.
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Exactly Butterfly. She probably identifies with the woman at the well in the gospel story. Her zeal is strong because of this.

On another note - her period of incarceration is currently 7 days (heard it on a radio bulletin this morning).
This is probably insufficient to get her to back down or resign.

I also heard that she is not the only Kentucky official refusing to sign marriage licences but so far she is the only one to be jailed.
This story could drag on for a long time yet.
 

her period of incarceration is currently 7 days
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It's my understanding from the news report I heard that the judge said he will keep her in jail at least a week, at which point he will give her the chance to do as she has been ordered.
 
Jackie22 said:
Spot on, especially this......."Funny thing in all of this… Kim says she’s a Democrat. Well as far as I’m concerned, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and uses religion to justify hate, then it’s a member of the GOP by default. I mean it. Really."
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QFT(Quoted For Truth)

Shalimar said:
I have often marveled at the straws some will clutch in order to belong. I suppose there is a certain safety in a structured paint by number life. Frankly, it frightens me. If I give over my right to personally decide what is moral and what is not to a right wing fanatical organisation/church only faintly espousing Christian values, how am I not brainwashed? Where is my free will?
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Again, QFT
 

Grumpy Ol' Man said:
She's not "hired". She is holding an elected position in that county. So, she cannot be removed from office other than by impeachment. In most states the impeachment of an elected official takes a special election where 2/3 or the registered voters in the most recent election have to vote for impeachment. IOW, the court system needs to find some means of removing her from office other than what I believe would be "Constitutionally correct".

I wonder if the court finds her in contempt, if she could be incarcerated. If in jail, would not an assistant then be in charge of the office. If that assistant began issuing licenses, perhaps they just let her rot in jail until the next election cycle.
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The fact that she works for the government takes away some rights she could exercise as a private sector employee or owner. She is going for martyrdom.

Separation of church & state is what it should come down to. Including the government getting out of sanctioning a religious based marriage with a license. Civil unions are one thing but other than stopping a kid from marrying parents, siblings etc the government needs to be out of the marriage business.

Other than trying to prove selective or unequal enforcement of federal policy she doesn't have much ground here.
 
jujube said:
Hopefully when she gets out of jail, she'll be impeached and won't be able to find anything but a job as a Walmart cashier. Unfortunately, that could lead to the problem of her refusing to sell KY Jelly to anyone until she determines their sexual orientation.
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..or she could open a bakery and refuse to bake a wedding cake for same sex couples...or open a boarding house and refuse to allow same sex couples to share a room...*sigh*
 
Looks like this character has found a home with a political party that will support her and her intolerance. More here.

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis announced on Friday that she and her husband had officially switched to the Republican Party. Davis argued that the Democratic Party no longer represents her. Davis has engaged in a contentious political battle with Kentucky Democratic Governor Steve Beshear, who she claims is violating her religious freedom, by requiring her to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples.
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There is no way on a public forum that I can reveal my level of contempt for this POS. I'm glad she no longer is calling herself a Democrat, she and the republicans deserve each other. Together they represent the hypocritical, intolerant, ignorance that has taken over that party.
 
AZ Jim said:
There is no way on a public forum that I can reveal my level of contempt for this POS. I'm glad she no longer is calling herself a Democrat, she and the republicans deserve each other. Together they represent the hypocritical, intolerant, ignorance that has taken over that party.
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Not sure what you are speaking of Jim. If any party needs to be ashamed it would be the Democrats but I would also like to see both of them removed from our government someway. Both are very distorted from the way our government should be run, by the persons we vote in to represent our voting territory. Not to please some bigots of either political party.
 
It's important to point out she is NOT a martyr. In order to be a martyr, you have to die. If only...

That guy who got George Wallace, is he still available? just a thought...
 
Jackie22 said:
Republicans hypocrites.......

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Republicans are no different than the Democrats. They are people that do accept other thoughts. You say they have religious folks, and so do the Democrats. We do wish to take care of all colors, just as the Democrats do. That poster is about as wrong as any can be. I see not reason for that person to say such things. Many folks do care about poor people, just not a political controlled thing at all. Nothing wrong with churches as they are the backers of many good and beneficial organizations. Catholic charities for one many others run by churches. For the idea of same sex marriage, it depends on which church you want to point to as some resist and others are OK with it.

In other words, this post was mistaken and wrong. It sure does not represent any political party we have been discussing on this forum.
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BobF said:
Jackie22 said:
Republicans hypocrites.......

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Republicans are no different than the Democrats. They are people that do accept other thoughts. You say they have religious folks, and so do the Democrats. We do wish to take care of all colors, just as the Democrats do. That poster is about as wrong as any can be. I see not reason for that person to say such things. Many folks do care about poor people, just not a political controlled thing at all. Nothing wrong with churches as they are the backers of many good and beneficial organizations. Catholic charities for one many others run by churches. For the idea of same sex marriage, it depends on which church you want to point to as some resist and others are OK with it.

In other words, this post was mistaken and wrong. It sure does not represent any political party we have been discussing on this forum.
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All one has to do is look at the voting record of Republicans and Democrats in Congress to see which party cares for the poor and downtrodden in this country, but there will always be those that try to influence the public by misrepresentation and those that believe such misrepresentation.
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No matter how much someone tries to say "Democrats are as bad as Republicans".... It's still a false equivalency.
 

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