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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Sep 5, 2015, 11:18 PM Sep 2015

‘Kim Davis for Rosa Parks Award': Iowa Republican ups the ante linking anti-gay clerk to civil right [View all]

‘Kim Davis for Rosa Parks Award': Iowa Republican ups the ante linking anti-gay clerk to civil rights hero

Conservatives have been on a campaign to draw a brazenly flawed line between an anti-gay Kentucky county clerk and civil rights heroes like Rosa Parks. But Iowa Rep. Steve King (R) took things to the next level by suggesting Saturday that Davis should receive a “Rosa Parks Award.”

Steve King ✔
@SteveKingIA

In 1963, we should not have honored SCOTUS decision to creat a wall of separation between prayer & school. Kim Davis for Rosa Parks Award.

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Davis, the elected Rowan County clerk, was sent to jail in contempt of court on Thursday after openly defying multiple court orders to obey the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in all U.S. states. Davis has maintained doing so is against her Christian beliefs.

This has prompted her attorneys and supporters to come up with some wildly fanciful comparisons.

Jesse Lee Peterson
‏@JLPtalk

Kentucky County Clerk @Kimdavis917 is a modern day Rosa Parks, a hero! #KimDavis
#ReligiousLiberty #KentuckyClerk

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‘Kim Davis for Rosa Parks Award': Iowa Republican ups the ante linking anti-gay clerk to civil right [View all] DonViejo Sep 2015 OP

Frightening. madamesilverspurs Sep 2015 #1

It is not a civil right to be able to force your personal view unto others, not yet at least. Rex Sep 2015 #2

Steve King is insane. madaboutharry Sep 2015 #3

what the fuck??????????? Marrah_G Sep 2015 #4

She herself wrote in a letter than Rose Parks had it easy (sic) Mass Sep 2015 #5

Where did you find that? It isn't signed. mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #8

Is there a link to this? JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 #11

Yep HughBeaumont Sep 2015 #14

OH, yes, there's a WAR on the 2.4 BILLION strong shrinking violet known as Christianity. HughBeaumont Sep 2015 #13

Too dumb to understand the Constitution C_U_L8R Sep 2015 #6

Time for Rosa Parks' family to step forward and clear up the issue. mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #7

Rosa Parks' family doesn't need to notice every lunatic that ever uses her name struggle4progress Sep 2015 #9

It's not isolated lunatics, which is the problem. Silence implies consent. mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #12

I don't recall Rosa Parks oppressing anyone Oilwellian Sep 2015 #10

We shouldn't even have to explain this, but such is the poverty KingCharlemagne Sep 2015 #16

Just for fun I went to the Rosa Parks Museum mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #15

Like Rosa Parks? Please! SeattleVet Sep 2015 #17

What an insult to Rosa Parks! smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #18

Funny how conservatives like to claim the civil rights movement Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2015 #19