Theocrat Kim Davis' hypocritical saga continues. In jail.
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Doing time in Kentucky –> Yesterday, county clerk Kim Davis was found in contempt by U.S. District Court Judge David L. Bunning for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. A statement from the ACLU of Kentucky http://billmoyers.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1d6affa204bd5a2af07918fe1&id=5c21d61d23&e=897250dfe0 noted, “In holding Davis in civil contempt of court, Judge Bunning decided that financial sanctions were insufficient to induce her compliance with the court’s order and remanded her to custody of the U.S. Marshals. Five of the six deputy clerks for Rowan County agreed under oath to begin issuing marriage licenses to all eligible couples immediately.” (The holdout was Davis’ own son, who works for her at the courthouse.)
BUT, as Mike Wynn and Chris Kenning at The Louisville Courier-Journal pick up the story: http://billmoyers.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1d6affa204bd5a2af07918fe1&id=496353428d&e=897250dfe0 “… When the deputies agreed to comply, Bunning said that could purge the contempt charge against Davis, and he offered to allow her back in the courtroom to discuss the matter. Davis apparently declined. [Davis’ attorney Roger] Gannam spoke with her briefly and said she refused to grant her staff any authority to provide the forms in her absence, so Bunning again ordered her to jail… At issue now is whether licenses issued by deputies are considered legally valid without Davis’ consent.”
Nonetheless, this morning, the deputies began issuing licenses. http://billmoyers.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1d6affa204bd5a2af07918fe1&id=24dc0fcc11&e=897250dfe0
Damn theocrats can't seem to separate the idea of religious liberty from religious domination.
