Pierce writes: "She may not realize it at the moment, although I suspect she
has realized it all along, but Kim Davis just became a political television
star and a very rich lady besides."
Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk of courts, stands at the County Clerk's
Office on September 2, 2015, in Morehead, Kentucky. (photo: Ty Wright/Getty)
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Is About to Get Filthy Rich
By Charles Pierce, Esquire
04 September 15
It's Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? time down at the federal courthouse.
Hhe may not realize it at the moment, although I suspect she has realized it
all along, but Kim Davis just became a political television star and a very
rich lady besides.
The clerk, Kim Davis of Rowan County, was ordered incarcerated after a
hearing here before Judge David L. Bunning of Federal District Court. The
contempt finding was another legal defeat for Ms. Davis, who has argued that
she should not be forced to issue licenses that conflict with her religious
beliefs. "The court cannot condone the willful disobedience of its lawfully
issued order," Judge Bunning said. "If you give people the opportunity to
choose which orders they follow, that's what potentially causes problems."
Dear Judge Bunning: Thanks for nothing.
Let me explain to you what happens now. The entire political communications
apparatus of the wingnut welfare system goes to DefCon 1. (Judge Bunning's
e-mail is going to get very entertainingly unchristian, I suspect.) Kim
Davis now becomes the latest ornament on the Hang Yourself Cross of
Bible-banging victimhood. There will be marches and vigils. There will be a
six-figure book deal; my money's on John Fund as Davis's ghost. There may
even be one of those movies produced by gullibility trawlers like the one
helmed by Rick Santorum. Anybody want to bet me that she doesn't speak at
next year's Republican National Convention? You have made a star, Judge
Bunning, and the rest of us have to live with her.
Ms. Davis has said little amid her legal battle, but in a statement her
lawyers released on Tuesday, she said she would not change her position. "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,"
she said in the statement. "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."
The fact that the law and common sense-to say nothing of the notion that you
should do the damn job you get paid a salary to do-are lined up behind Judge
Bunning doesn't matter a damn to the people inside the bubble. Only two
contenders for president on the Republican side have made the quite
reasonable argument that Davis should do the job she swore an oath (to God!)
to do, or quit the job because her conscience demands it. Now that she's
tossed into the sneezer, I expect to hear at least some backing and filling
from both Carly Fiorina and Lindsey Graham.
Stardom awaits behind those bars, Kim. I do wonder about one thing, though.
Suppose Davis announced that it was against her conscience and God's
authority for her to submit to Judge's Bunning's authority and go to jail.
Could she go home, then?
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Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Is About to Get Filthy Rich
By Charles Pierce, Esquire
04 September 15
It's Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? time down at the federal courthouse.
he may not realize it at the moment, although I suspect she has realized it
all along, but Kim Davis just became a political television star and a very
rich lady besides.
The clerk, Kim Davis of Rowan County, was ordered incarcerated after a
hearing here before Judge David L. Bunning of Federal District Court. The
contempt finding was another legal defeat for Ms. Davis, who has argued that
she should not be forced to issue licenses that conflict with her religious
beliefs. "The court cannot condone the willful disobedience of its lawfully
issued order," Judge Bunning said. "If you give people the opportunity to
choose which orders they follow, that's what potentially causes problems."
Dear Judge Bunning: Thanks for nothing.
Let me explain to you what happens now. The entire political communications
apparatus of the wingnut welfare system goes to DefCon 1. (Judge Bunning's
e-mail is going to get very entertainingly unchristian, I suspect.) Kim
Davis now becomes the latest ornament on the Hang Yourself Cross of
Bible-banging victimhood. There will be marches and vigils. There will be a
six-figure book deal; my money's on John Fund as Davis's ghost. There may
even be one of those movies produced by gullibility trawlers like the one
helmed by Rick Santorum. Anybody want to bet me that she doesn't speak at
next year's Republican National Convention? You have made a star, Judge
Bunning, and the rest of us have to live with her.
Ms. Davis has said little amid her legal battle, but in a statement her
lawyers released on Tuesday, she said she would not change her position. "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,"
she said in the statement. "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."
The fact that the law and common sense-to say nothing of the notion that you
should do the damn job you get paid a salary to do-are lined up behind Judge
Bunning doesn't matter a damn to the people inside the bubble. Only two
contenders for president on the Republican side have made the quite
reasonable argument that Davis should do the job she swore an oath (to God!)
to do, or quit the job because her conscience demands it. Now that she's
tossed into the sneezer, I expect to hear at least some backing and filling
from both Carly Fiorina and Lindsey Graham.
Stardom awaits behind those bars, Kim. I do wonder about one thing, though.
Suppose Davis announced that it was against her conscience and God's
authority for her to submit to Judge's Bunning's authority and go to jail.
Could she go home, then?
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