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I hope some high powered conservative legal defense team takes up her case.


Actually I'd like to see them try this will a Moslem woman who dresses in a bag, and who believes in Sharia.

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Kim Davis Uproar Shows That Breaking The Law Is Only Okay When Progressives Do It

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 By Sean Davis

The main contestant on this week’s edition of Internet outrage theater is Kim Davis, a Democratic clerk in Kentucky who is refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Davis, who was arrested by police today for not issuing the licenses, says her religious beliefs prohibit her from rubber-stamping applications for same-sex marriage licenses:

U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning placed Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in the custody of U.S. marshals until she complies, saying fines were not enough to force her to comply with his previous order to provide the paperwork to all couples and allowing her to defy the order would create a “ripple effect.”

“Her good-faith belief is simply not a viable defense,” Bunning said. “Oaths mean things.”

Davis, who was tearful at times, testified that she could not obey the order because God’s law trumps the court.

“My conscience will not allow it,” she said. “God’s moral law convicts me and conflicts with my duties.”

Davis’s arrest was met with cheers by same-sex marriage advocates who for some reason did not demand imprisonment of officials who lawlessly issued gay marriage licenses in clear contravention of state and federal laws. Take, for example, Democrat Gavin Newsom, who is currently the California lieutenant governor. Back in 2004, when gay marriage was banned under California state law, Newsom openly defied the law and used his power as the mayor of San Francisco to force taxpayer-funded government clerks to issue gay marriage licenses:

Newsom unleashed a political and legal tempest February 12 when he ordered the city clerk to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Nearly 3,200 same-sex couples have gotten licenses in a nine-day frenzy that included thousands of family, friends and soon-to-be betrothed couples ringing City Hall, sometimes for days.

Just like Kim Davis, who is an elected Democrat, Newsom justified his lawlessness by citing his own conscience and beliefs about right and wrong rather than deferring to the actual laws of his state.

If you look for evidence of gay rights advocates chastising Newsom for his blatant lawlessness, you won’t find it. Because it doesn’t exist. You similarly won’t find any evidence of these principled law enforcement purists chastising California state officials for refusing to enforce or defend the Prop 8 ballot initiative in California, which was passed overwhelmingly by California voters.

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http://thefederalist.com/2015/09/03/kim-...ressives-do-it/

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Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #4

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I hope some high powered conservative legal defense team takes up her case.


Actually I'd like to see them try this will a Moslem woman who dresses in a bag, and who believes in Sharia.

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While this lady is in jail doesn't the town have an assistant clerk sitting in for her? Problem solved if it wasn't for the desire to coerce a person to act against their conscience.

As for the need to pose this situation to a Muslim, that's going to be fun.

You have to find a Muslim city clerk.

Just like you need to find a Muslim baker.

Go to Dearborn, MI?

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