Defiant Kentucky clerk's backers want aides fired over marriage licenses to gays

[IDemo]

Source: Reuters

Supporters of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples due to her religious beliefs, said on Wednesday that any of her deputies who provide such documents without her permission should be fired.

U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered Davis released on Tuesday after six days in jail, warning her not to interfere with her deputy clerks who are issuing the licenses, or face further sanctions.

Bunning had found Davis, clerk for Rowan County in eastern Kentucky, in contempt after she stopped issuing licenses to any couples, citing her belief as an Apostolic Christian that a marriage can only be between a man and a woman.

The issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Kentucky and other states has become the latest focal point in the long-running debate over gay marriage in the United States.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/09/us-usa-gaymarriage-kentucky-idUSKCN0R91RC20150909

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. I would certainly think that would constitute 'interference' and warrant her going back to jail. nt

[randys1]

2. As long as these human haters coordinate it so she isnt doing or saying anything

they wont be able to touch her.

About one third of this country does not want our constitution to exist because it interferes with their desire to have their Sharia Law in effect.

There will be a perfect storm when the right successfully prevents hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of POC and students from voting 2016.

[atreides1]

8. Welcome to Bizzarro World!

The religion of "love", being practiced by a bunch of hate filled bigots!!!

[ck4829]

3. "if you can't do that, then you should just quit", said one of her supporters telling them to obey

Now that is just rich. Good God.

[valerief]

10. And the irony escapes them totally. nt

[KansDem]

4. I couldn't do it. My religious beliefs prevent me from firing someone for doing their job

See how that works?

[Botany]

5. Looks like Ms. Davis has backed down

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2015/09/08/kim-davis-released-jail/71881098/

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was ordered released from jail today.

U.S. District Judge David Bunning, who jailed her for contempt of court Thursday for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, ordered her freed on the condition that she not interfere with her deputies, who have been granting licenses to gay and straight couples since Friday.

Bunning said the office had complied with his order.

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If Ms. Davis blocks any marriage license she will be breaking the court's order and back to
jail she will go. The rally in KY was just for show.

[kay1864]

7. Backed down? No.

She (actually her lawyers) wouldn't directly answer the question on if she would herself issue licenses when she returns to work Friday (or Monday), only that she would "not violate her conscience."

But you're correct, if she interferes (directly or indirectly), it's do not pass Go, go directly to jail.

[underpants]

26. The Liberty Council is making bank off her and her supporters

They have zero interest in her fading away and are probably advising her as such.

[Botany]

29. I am not a lawyer but I play one here on DU and it looks to me like:

1) The judge is being more than nice to Ms. Davis and is letting her and her lawyer say what they
want in public.

2) His office released a statement that Ms. Davis has agreed not to obstruct any more requests
for marriage licenses ..... I have no doubt that she had to sign off on that to get out of the county
lock up.

3) She is getting really bad legal advice ..... asking the supreme court to give her some
relief from a ruling that the court just made is really weird.

[Demeter]

6. If only that tenacity and forcefulness could be harnessed for the good of society....

but that would take more than God provides.

[asjr]

24. If I understand correctly she is now married for the 4th time. Maybe she can

find someone wealthy who could support her and she could quit her job.

[1monster]

9. And therein would be grounds for a humongous lawsuit against Kimmy for wrongful

termination.

In Florida, if an elected official is accused of wrong doing or not performing his/her jobs, the governor has the power to suspend that elected official from his/her office. (It's been done more than a few times.)

Does the Kentucky governor not have that power? Or is he not willing to use it in this case?

[rurallib]

32. We have a winner!

But of course Ms. Davis would not pay a penny of any award - that is where the taxpayers come in.

[hamsterjill]

11. She's supposed to return to work on Friday morning, and it will be interesting.

Let her try more interference and let her spend another weekend in jail.

[Lychee2]

12. They are beating a dead horse.

It's over. It's been decided. Gay marriage is the law of the land. This clerk thinks she is engaged in civil disobedience. But the usual point of civil disobedience is to go to court to get a law changed. But here it's pointless, because the Supreme Court has already ruled on the issue.

[Geronimoe]

13. Wrongful termination

Just what Kim needs more lawsuits. These would be wrongful termination and retailiation for following the law and Court order.

[dawnie51]

14. This is the shark jumping moment....

if there was any sympathy from coworkers, there won't be now. I do my job and you want to fire me? But this woman refuses to do her job and she's in the right? Threatening the people in the clerk's office is a really juvenile tac to take, but I would expect no less from these knuckle draggers.

[crim son]

16. Apparently there is at one clerk in the office who would agree with you.

https://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/deputy-clerk-vows-to-defy-kim-davis-and-continue-issuing-marriage-licenses-to-gay-couples/

I hope there are others.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

21. I'm crossing my fingers

“If she goes back on the job as is expected, she will bring the process to a halt,” reported CNN’s Martin Savidge. “That’s what her attorneys believe.”

[csziggy]

25. At court last week the only clerk who wouldn't issue marriage licenses was her son

All the rest of the clerks told the judge they had no problem issuing marriage licenses to anyone who applied. So Kim Davis and her son are the only hold outs.

If Davis attempts to fire clerks in her office who continue to follow the law, there is going to be an interesting situation. All they have to do is to call the judge and he can throw Davis back in jail for violating his court order releasing her.

[spiderpig]

15. Are her 15 minutes up already?

I am so sick of these attention-mongers vying for facetime on tv at the expense of other people's legal rights. Is she expecting to cash in?

Cannot stand Ms. 4-times-married-but-I'm-saved-because-I-accepted-the-Lord-Jesus-into-my-heart. (I wouldn't care in the least if she weren't such a colossal hypocrite). Just go away.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

22. Is she expecting to cash in?

Of course. That's what people like her do. I still don't understand WHY she describes herself as a Democrat. I don't think she has a Dem plank in her entire being.

[underpants]

27. Not yet

Her attorneys, the Liberty Council, is raking it in right now. They want to keep her in trouble/ the limelight as long as possible

[Tempest]

17. Her supporters wouldn't be the ones paying for wrongful termination lawsuits

Which the clerks would surely win since they're just doing their jobs.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. Oh, Certainly

because her church backers really are running the civil government, right?

What is that called?

Not Power of Attorney ... Government Power of Church Authority?

Oh, you know, where the delusional create entitlement and inject their perceived
God-given rights of control over things that are none of their g.d. business.

Christian Drama Queens!! That's what I was thinking of.

[blackspade]

19. Hypocrites on parade

And the M$M is eating it up.

[kacekwl]

20. Are you kidding me ?

[Anymouse]

23. I don't care . . .

. . . if she is a religious hypocrite. That's really between her and whatever god she claims to worship.

What I do care about is she is forsworn to her oath to uphold the Constitution.

[longship]

28. Somebody's going back to jail for contempt.

Tick... Tick... Tick... Etc.

The judge released loony, loony Kim on the condition that she not interfere.

Then, we hear what her loony, loony lawyer is saying... Plus Mike of the Hucklebuck. (Sadly, US Senator Ted Cruz is relegated to mere photo bombing.)

Then there's Kim's overall covered fourth husband. Also her second husband.

Ms Davis. Your second and fourth husbands are on hold. Line One!

One cannot begin to ridicule this enough.

Thankfully we have the @nexttokimdavis Twitter account.

She/He knows the two ultimate realities. First, only ridicule can solve this problem. Second, there is nothing worse than a staffer with an attitude.

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7146219

[wordpix]

30. don't these bigots have better things to do than prevent gay marriages?

Like, wash the car or study for a test or maybe pay attn. to the kids?

yeah, they're really having their lives impacted by all these KY marriage licenses. It really affects their lives that people want to get married.

[Angry Dragon]

31. I guess her religion lets her decide which of her god's law she obeys

Married four times
Had an affair during first marriage
Got pregnant from this affair
Had second husband adopt her kids
Third husband was the one she had the affair with


After seeing her picture ........... I wonder