Posted on 09/01/2015 6:44:24 PM PDT by markomalley
Late Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to extend the temporary stay of a federal court order involving Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis.
The federal court previously ordered Davis to issue marriage licenses to the plaintiffs who filed suit against her.
Liberty Counsel represents Davis and appealed that order.
The lower court order was temporarily stayed until Aug. 31, but now that the Supreme Court has declined to act, the stay of the order is no longer in effect.
In light of these developments, Davis released the following statement:
I have worked in the Rowan County Clerk's office for 27 years as a Deputy Clerk and was honored to be elected as the Clerk in November 2014, and took office in January 2015. I love my job and the people of Rowan County. I have never lived any place other than Rowan County. Some people have said I should resign, but I have done my job well. This year we are on track to generate a surplus for the county of 1.5 million dollars.
In addition to my desire to serve the people of Rowan County, I owe my life to Jesus Christ who loves me and gave His life for me. Following the death of my godly mother-in-law over four years ago, I went to church to fulfill her dying wish. There I heard a message of grace and forgiveness and surrendered my life to Jesus Christ. I am not perfect. No one is. But I am forgiven and I love my Lord and must be obedient to Him and to the Word of God.
I never imagined a day like this would come, where I would be asked to violate a central teaching of Scripture and of Jesus Himself regarding marriage. To issue a marriage license which conflicts with God's definition of marriage, with my name affixed to the certificate, would violate my conscience. It is not a light issue for me. It is a Heaven or Hell decision. For me it is a decision of obedience. I have no animosity toward anyone and harbor no ill will. To me this has never been a gay or lesbian issue. It is about marriage and God's Word. It is a matter of religious liberty, which is protected under the First Amendment, the Kentucky Constitution, and in the Kentucky Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Our history is filled with accommodations for people's religious freedom and conscience. I want to continue to perform my duties, but I also am requesting what our Founders envisioned - that conscience and religious freedom would be protected. That is all I am asking. I never sought to be in this position, and I would much rather not have been placed in this position. I have received death threats from people who do not know me. I harbor nothing against them. I was elected by the people to serve as the County Clerk. I intend to continue to serve the people of Rowan County, but I cannot violate my conscience.
Death Threats?
Ah the Tolerance Demanding Rainbow Mafia types are up to their compassionate tricks again.
God protect this woman.
A flight stewardess recently refused to serve alcohol due to her religion, Islam.
The clerk will probably be fired but the stewardess will not. That would be discriminatory.
The clerk is an elected official. She would have to be recalled or impeached.
“Death Threats?
Ah the Tolerance Demanding Rainbow Mafia types are up to their compassionate tricks again.
God protect this woman.”
Mentally ill people do stuff like that.
Kentucky should protect it’s people from the illegitimate actions of the USSC.
She might be able to stay out of jail if she resigns, otherwise, she needs to take her toothbrush to court with her.
Im thinking that mental illness is in many cases “inspired” by evil.
Kentucky law prohibits marriage between members of the same sex. The U.S. Supreme Court has no constitutional authority, none, to overrule that law. Indeed, it is the Supreme Court that is violating the Constitution.
They should at least let her serve out her term. When she took office she didn’t know she’d have to violate her religious convictions. Next term she can agree to violate her convictions (she won’t) or not seek the office again.
Otherwise, if I were her, I’d make the KSP remove me from office in handcuffs.
Another thread just posted that Davis had been married four times, divorced three times. Hmmmmmm
Ky. Rev. Stat. 402.020(1)(d) Marriage between members of the same sex is prohibited and void
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36466
If you read other articles, you will see that she experienced a conversion a few years ago.
(Matthew 10:18) And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
(Matthew 10:19) But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
(Matthew 10:20) For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
When she accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her Savior from sin, all that stuff from the past was erased, removed as far as the east is from the west, and God doesn’t even remember it.
So glad to hear that, but it isn’t gonna play well if she is trying to be the poster child in defying the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage on religious grounds.
Hmmmmmm nothing. She was an unbeliever when those divorces took place. More importantly SCOTUS cannot over rule laws that are not contrary to the COTUS. That means they can’t make law. That is what they did.
And where are the Candidates at to take a stand with her.
Given this is KY and supposed to be a conservative state, she shouldn’t have to worry about being recalled or impeached and therefore rulings have no effect.
Carly already damaged herself. Where’s the Trumpster, the Huckster, Carson, Cruz, or Jebbers? Sadly, I’m thinking Walker will support her, then the Courts, then be undecided, but not necessarily in that order.
Oh, and this is Rand’s state. Where’s Rand?
1. See St Paul's history before his conversion.
2. Don't you find it funny that leftists seem to have no problem forgiving the past sins of their own, regardless of how egregious, but deny that privilege to anybody else, regardless of how trivial? .
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