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EXCLUSIVE: Kentucky Clerk: I Am Prepared to Go to Jail
Townhall ^ | 09/03/2015 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 09/03/2015 8:40:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Kim Davis could become the first Christian in America jailed as a result of the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage.

“I’ve weighed the cost and I’m prepared to go to jail, I sure am,” Mrs. Davis told me in an exclusive interview. “This has never been a gay or lesbian issue for me. This is about upholding the word of God.”

“This is a heaven or hell issue for me and for every other Christian that believes,” she said. “This is a fight worth fighting.”

Davis is the clerk of Rowan County, Ky. – a small patch of earth in the northeastern part of the state. She was elected last November – taking the place of her mother, who held the position for nearly 40 years.

It’s fair to say that issuing marriage licenses was something of a family business – until the day the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage.

Davis is a devout Apostolic Christian, and she knew that should gay marriage become legal, she could not and would not sign her name on a same-sex marriage certificate.

READ THE FULL STORY AT FOXNEWS.COM


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: gaykkk; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; kentucky; kimdavis; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; romneyagenda; romneymarriage; romneypolygamy
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

I encountered a particularly stinky situation of a new boss who said (to me on company time) that ohhhh he’s a Baptist.

Who turned out to be more like a piss’d Bat. He hid behind his nominal (if that) manager when I asked him to remember the cross of Christ. Oh you never say that in a business! The gig fell apart after a few more months.


41 posted on 09/03/2015 9:15:22 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

nominally Christian I mean (Catholic)


42 posted on 09/03/2015 9:16:56 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

LOL! I really don’t know either, but it is interesting, and albeit scary, to watch these last days develop.

Come quickly Lord Jesus!


43 posted on 09/03/2015 9:17:55 AM PDT by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
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To: dhs12345
They are hoping for the drip-drip-drip of eventual acceptance versus an outright confrontation.

Which is all the more reason why we draw the line *now* and engage in civil disobedience to its fullest.

44 posted on 09/03/2015 9:20:51 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: George from New England
Time for state rights and laws on this matter to be tested, above that of the feds.

Nullify. Interdict the SCOTUS ruling. Let's see if FedGov will really send in the 82nd airborne to arrest county clerks who won't issue marriage licenses to sodomites.

45 posted on 09/03/2015 9:24:12 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

“I have told my children that I fully expect to be jailed during my lifetime for my beliefs”

I don’t. If someone wants to imprison you for your normal American beliefs, THAT is the bright line. If they decide to arrest you they should pay a bitter price and remember that day with heartbreak, not pride.


46 posted on 09/03/2015 9:26:55 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but comSUrfmunists just ran for office)
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To: SeekAndFind

Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to GOD the things that are God’s.

But when Caesar usurps the things that are GOD’S then the Chrisitan suffers because we will not eat of the sacrifices to god Caesar.


47 posted on 09/03/2015 9:29:41 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Rock Eye Jack

Hi, I haven’t posted here in about 5 or 6 years but did want to let you know where to ultimately look to help her once this comes to a conclusion.

Since go fund me dot com became anti-Christian after the Indiana Pizza place received all that money, the Christian bakers who were put out of business in Washington had to go to continuetogive.com. Actually people are still giving to them daily. Continuetogive.com does support Christians.

So I would watch that site.


48 posted on 09/03/2015 9:32:00 AM PDT by sfl109415
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Acts 5:29

29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.


49 posted on 09/03/2015 9:34:47 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but comSUrfmunists just ran for office)
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To: SeekAndFind

Gutsy woman. A shame she’s alone.


50 posted on 09/03/2015 9:36:26 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: SeekAndFind

God Bless.


51 posted on 09/03/2015 9:37:57 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

And that old render unto Caesar verse is always horribly misconstrued. Government loves that verse. By the strict standard some use, the colonists were sinners for fighting King George. That Sophie Scholl was wrong to resist Hitler.

Nothing could be further from the truth. It was a witty remark by Christ when the Pharisees were trying to use trickery to get him to say nobody should pay taxes to the Romans. They started with flattery and then asked him to rule. They expected to easily turn him into nothing more than an earthly anti-roman revolutionary.
He asked one of them for a coin. He asked who’s head was on it.
Basically he said it must belong to Caesar and walked off leaving them in slack jawed defeat.

It has nothing to do with “Christians must obey every rule the government makes”. Politicians would love you to think otherwise.


52 posted on 09/03/2015 9:43:18 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but comSUrfmunists just ran for office)
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To: massgopguy

Thanks for that information. Makes it a lot easier to be supportive.


53 posted on 09/03/2015 9:44:42 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: mountn man

Patience, for now demonetization, destruction of reputation and ability to make a living are the American version of ISIS tool of choice for their enemies. They are not yet to the ISIS tactic of murder in their behavior—yet. When and if they can convince or pay somebody to start murdering people of faith it will happen.


54 posted on 09/03/2015 9:56:44 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: SeekAndFind

She will not be the last. We will all get to choose between crossing the line we said we wouldn’t cross, or paying a price. Maybe losing a job, or a business, or custody of a child.

When we choose to stand firm, if we do, we will probably find ourselves standing pretty much alone. Don’t be surprised when it happens.


55 posted on 09/03/2015 10:29:18 AM PDT by marron
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To: sarge83
They are not yet to the ISIS tactic of murder in their behavior—yet.

It won't be long. Today, we have observed the first casualty of post-Christian America's persecution of Christians.

56 posted on 09/03/2015 10:34:51 AM PDT by attyatlaw001
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To: DesertRhino

Good points. This woman is a hero.


57 posted on 09/03/2015 10:43:06 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Even when I cannot see him I can feel it in my bones That he's still there. Trespasser by Al Stewart)
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To: attyatlaw001

She’s now in jail. All bow down to the degenerate fudge packers or have your life ruined.

“Did you ever think you would live to see the day that the act of sodomy is put on the same level with the sex act between a man and woman joined together in the Holy Sacrament of Marriage from God our creator”. ~ Father Bill Casey


58 posted on 09/03/2015 10:45:17 AM PDT by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: AIL

Tim, I assume that your post means you do not believe in organized religion ... that’s OK I do not either. But I do support a person’s right to stand up for their beliefs no matter how long they have held them.


59 posted on 09/03/2015 10:45:31 AM PDT by slickdain (USA now belongs to America ... wait in this line for your taco and your welfare check!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks like Kennedy and the queers are getting ready to start burning Christians at the stake.


60 posted on 09/03/2015 10:51:06 AM PDT by libstripper
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