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BREAKING: Kim Davis defeats ACLU attempt to force her to violate her conscience
LifeSiteNews ^ | 2/9/16 | Ben Johnson

Posted on 02/09/2016 2:13:04 PM PST by wagglebee

ROWAN COUNTY, Kentucky, February 9, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) - A federal judge has turned down the ACLU's attempt to force Kim Davis to violate her conscience while issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Although Governor Matt Bevin granted a religious accommodation for the county clerk to issue altered marriage licenses to homosexuals, the ACLU brought a lawsuit seeking to force Davis to issue the old forms with her full name on them.

"There is absolutely no reason that this case went so far without reasonable people respecting and accommodating Kim Davis' First Amendment rights," said Mat Staver, the founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, who is defending Davis. "Today's ruling by Judge Bunning rejected the ACLU's request to hold Kim Davis in contempt of court."

Kim Davis is a born again Apostolic Christian who refuses to issue marriage licenses bearing her name to homosexuals, because doing so would imply her consent and participation in something the Bible deems sinful. "It's a Heaven or Hell decision," she said. Davis contacted state legislators and former Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat, seeking a religious accommodation that would alter the form but allow her office to recognize gay unions, to no avail.

Ultimately, she spent six days in jail last September after Judge Bunning held her in contempt of court for refusing to issue the unamended forms.

"Those who are persecuting Kim Davis believe that Christians should not serve in public office," Senator Ted Cruz said after her arrest.

When she was released last September 8, presidential hopefuls Mike Huckabee and Cruz showed up to wish her well.

"Lock me up" in Kim Davis' place, Mike Huckabee said. "Let Kim go."

When Davis returned to work last September 14, she allowed other employees to grant new certificates that did not have her name on them.

Deputy Rowan County Clerk Brian Mason said that Davis “confiscated all the original forms, and provided a changed form which deletes all mentions of the County, fills in one of the blanks that would otherwise be the County with the Court’s styling, deletes her name, deletes all of the deputy clerk references, and in place of deputy clerk types in the name of Brian Mason, and has him initial rather than sign.”

Matt Bevin, the Republican who would be elected governor that November, promptly granted Davis an accommodation and signed the first new regulation on abortion in a dozen years shortly after taking office.

But the ACLU sued to force Davis to issue the old certificates, anyway. Judge Bunning wrote that would be unnecessary.

"There is every reason to believe that any altered licenses issued between September 14, 2015, and September 20, 2015, would be recognized as valid under Kentucky law, making re-issuance unnecessary," wrote Judge David Bunning, a Republican whose father Jim Bunning, was a baseball great and former U.S. senator. "Under these circumstances, the court finds that Plaintiffs’ request for relief is now moot."

Since returning to work, Davis has met with Pope Francis and attended President Obama's last State of the Union address.

"From the beginning we have said the ACLU is not interested in marriage licenses. They want Kim Davis' scalp," Staver said. "They want to force her to violate her conscience. I am glad the court rejected this bully tactic."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: aclu; homosexualagenda; kimdavis; moralabsolutes; samesexmarriage
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To: wagglebee

Those who respected Jim Bunning don’t feel the same about his liberal son.


21 posted on 02/09/2016 2:49:03 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: wagglebee

Good thing Kim had friends in high places and didn’t own a bakery instead.


22 posted on 02/09/2016 2:57:35 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: wagglebee; All
I would not be surprised if Ms Davis does not know her 14th Amendment protections.
14th Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

23 posted on 02/09/2016 3:20:37 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: EternalVigilance

Ping


24 posted on 02/09/2016 3:25:54 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade (Vote Tom Hoefling of America's Party for President the only person to restore the Republic)
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To: optiguy
Didn't Trump say this wasn't the right job for her? Good thing he didn't pick this judge.

Trump blew the wrong direction in this gay rights situation.

25 posted on 02/09/2016 3:26:51 PM PST by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: Luircin

“In the first century, you could often tell that someone was a Christian by the lash marks on their back. We may be going back to that time.”

Be pro-active like our founders were. They established Committees of Safety. Our equivalent is to elect a pro-2nd amendment, constitutional sheriff in your county, then you won’t worry about “going back to that time.” The sheriff has the legal and armed muscle to protect your family.


26 posted on 02/09/2016 3:28:32 PM PST by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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To: optiguy

He said no such thing. He said maybe the deputy clerks could sign the licenses, or maybe the gays could go to a different county. He also said it was her job, but nothing what you said. I think he had the idea that one couldn’t fight the SC, but, alas, Kim defied and won. So, he was wrong on that, however, he definitely didn’t say that was the wrong job for her.

zUnlike the Cruzbots, I don’t believe that my candidate is the pope and infallible.


27 posted on 02/09/2016 3:35:10 PM PST by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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To: Starstruck
Trump blew the wrong direction in this gay rights situation.

Regardless of direction, Trump blows.

28 posted on 02/09/2016 3:35:50 PM PST by optiguy (A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:8)
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To: wagglebee

Bring a counter suit in state court for harassment and get it before a jury.


29 posted on 02/09/2016 3:40:40 PM PST by jwalsh07 (On)
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To: Catsrus
He said no such thing.

You sure about that?

Unlike the Cruzbots, I don’t believe that my candidate is the pope and infallible.

If he did say that, would it matter to you?

30 posted on 02/09/2016 3:44:16 PM PST by optiguy (A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:8)
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To: optiguy

No, because we have bigger fish to fry right now - and national security is at the top of that list for me.


31 posted on 02/09/2016 3:52:58 PM PST by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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To: Catsrus
"Well, you know, she was released and that was good, and it was too bad that she had to be put in jail, and I'm a very, very strong believer in Christianity and religion, but I will say that this was not the right job for her," ---Donald Trump, O'Reilly Factor Tuesday, September 9, 2015

You might want to re-think your tagline.

32 posted on 02/09/2016 3:53:10 PM PST by optiguy
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To: optiguy

It doesn’t matter - you aren’t changing my vote. We have such horrible problems in this country and the number one issue is national security. We can deal with these other issues all in due time. And, besides - that was his opinion - doesn’t mean I have to agree with it. However, I do agree with him on many, many issues. We can’t be a one issue type of voter when this country is going to he** in a hand basket under the obama policies. I think this should not even be a federal issue - they have no business in this. However, they stuck their noses in, and now we have to deal with the fallout.


33 posted on 02/09/2016 3:56:07 PM PST by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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To: optiguy

How convenient of you to cherry pick one line from what he said and ignore the others.


34 posted on 02/09/2016 3:57:23 PM PST by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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To: optiguy

And one final thing before I end this discussion - Trump isn’t the candidate who took money from gays in NYC, now, whas he?


35 posted on 02/09/2016 3:59:10 PM PST by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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To: wagglebee

If the ACLU willfully, knowingly, and deliberately attempted to “violate” this woman’s rights, shouldn’t they have been held in Contempt and Jailed??


36 posted on 02/09/2016 4:01:52 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: Catsrus

At least you’re honest in your answer. You tell me he didn’t say it as if I’ve made up a lie about Trump and you demonstrate a need to defend it. You then tell me said disparaging lie needs no defense and it doesn’t matter if it’s true. I have now shown you that he did say it and you deflect to another issue. Classic Trump supporter.


37 posted on 02/09/2016 4:05:39 PM PST by optiguy
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To: StoneWall Brigade

And still the out-of-control usurping courts remain unchecked and unchallenged.


38 posted on 02/09/2016 4:16:26 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: wagglebee

bkmk


39 posted on 02/09/2016 4:29:48 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Luircin

>>Be like Christians in Roman times; teach them how to live in the world but not be of the world.

That’s increasingly challenging when events like the Super Bowl parade the perverse demoralization of American culture by having LGBT-activist pop stars sing the National Anthem for the entire world to see.


40 posted on 02/09/2016 4:34:32 PM PST by HLPhat (Preventing Global Cooling one tank full at a time!)
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