Kim Davis Jailed Over Her Religious Beliefs

[DanTana]

Sad day in America when a Christian woman is jailed for standing up for what she believes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...0f8_story.html

[b4uqzme]

Wasn't she jailed for impeding the legal process? The time to stand up for your beliefs is in the voting booth.

[JohnR]

[Bob T]

Wasn't she jailed for impeding the legal process? The time to stand up for your beliefs is in the voting booth.

Yes, she jailed for not doing her job. They couldn't just fire her, because she is an elected official.

She is/was perfectly free to practice her religion, but she is not free to use her position to force her religious beliefs on others.

Bob

[Bobshouse]

Sad day in America when a Christian woman is jailed for standing up for what she believes.

Really? Do you feel the same about ALL religions?

[muggsy]

Yes, she jailed for not doing her job. They couldn't just fire her, because she is an elected official.

She is/was perfectly free to practice her religion, but she is not free to use her position to force her religious beliefs on others.

Bob

She wasn't trying to force her religious beliefs on anyone. The SCOTUS ruled on a states rights issue thus legislating a new law which isn't their job. SCOTUS should not have taken the case. As an elected official she could have been impeached.

[JohnR]

There are lots of elected officials who should be jailed for not doing their jobs. Why is she the only one such jailed? Equal protection is in the Constitution for this purpose.

[DanTana]

What about her 1st amendment rights? I bet if she were Muslim she'd still be doing her job today.

[skiflydive]

Saw this on the net. Thought it interesting and applicable.

Take same-sex marriage out of the equation
Ask yourself this: do you REALLY want the county clerk, ANY county clerk, deciding who can and cannot get married?
Marriage licenses aren't the only thing a county clerk does, you know. Do you REALLY want some petty government functionary deciding what deeds and birth certificates are legitimate? Do you really want the county clerk deciding who can take an oath, what codes will be enforced or waived, what permits will be issued?
What if the clerk isn't a Christian? Did you think about that? What if the clerk was a Muslim who refused to issue liquor licenses or a Jew who refused to issue a food handler's permit to local business because alcohol or pork violates their "sincerely held" beliefs? What if the clerk is an atheist and refused to issue a building permit for a new church? Is that freedom? Is that liberty? Is it?
No? Then give me one, ONE, good reason why in a free country some random bureaucrat should get to decide who you can marry so long as you meet the legal requirements?
Think about that for a few minutes. Take your time. Ask your religious friends.

[yqtszhj]

On to the bigger question, if marriage is no longer required to be between one man and one woman but can be between partners of the same sex, then why cant one man marry two women, or one woman marry two men, or group marrage between multiple individuals be allowed? Why should polygamy be outlawed? I'm not advocating the above but just saying that if a lawyer really wanted to take it on they could because the door has been opened. That polygamist on TV needs to get him a lawyer.

The whole thing is a challenge to traditional marrage and those that believe in it regardless of their particular faith. I think that if people want to enter a legally binding agreement maybe they should be allowed even if I dont agree with it but now marrage has been redefined.

[Bawanna]

That's all coming yqtszhj, just give it time. Pretty soon Jocko can have nuptials with his sheep.

Marijuana is getting legal all over, pretty soon heroin, cocaine and meth will be too.

If it feels good, make it legal.

I went through this argument with our property clerk yesterday. She said she didn't obey the law she was sworn to obey. I told her it's a moral issue and she's right.

Her response was she doesn't like guns but she's required by law to give them back to people who are qualified to own them.
I told her that is not a moral issue, it's a god given right.

I'm on the clerks side myself. Skyfly has valid points but in reality that's the way it is now anyhow.
Who is a judge that can determine my fate? Where did he or she come from that makes them such an authority that they can pronounce my innocence or guilt. They are elected humans partially voted for by the 47 percenters.

I'm out of this thread, gets my buttons pushed too much, almost like the idiocy of work lately.




.

[DavidR]

While I do not condone this county clerks behavior, I will point out a couple of items:

1. President Obama set the precedent for refusing to follow laws that violate beliefs when he instructed the Department of Justice not to enforce the federal Defense of Marriage Act while it was still the law of the land.

2. The people of Kentucky voted overwhelmingly in a constitutional amendment to reject homosexual marriage so her actions represent the will of the people of Kentucky.

Hers is an act of civil disobedience.

[timboy]

How would this have ended if the clerk were a muslim instead of a Christian?
I'm willing to bet there would be a much different outcome.

[yqtszhj]

While I do not condone this county clerks behavior, I will point out a couple of items:

1. President Obama set the precedent for refusing to follow laws that violate beliefs when he instructed the Department of Justice not to enforce the federal Defense of Marriage Act while it was still the law of the land.

2. The people of Kentucky voted overwhelmingly in a constitutional amendment to reject homosexual marriage so her actions represent the will of the people of Kentucky.

Hers is an act of civil disobedience.

Yep

How would this have ended if the clerk were a muslim instead of a Christian?
I'm willing to bet there would be a much different.

And yep.

[JohnR]

Haven't confirmed, but I read she ran as a Democrat.