Posted on 09/25/2015 12:33:17 PM PDT by conservativejoy
A county clerk in Kentucky who was briefly jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples said on Friday that she and her family have switched to the Republican Party because the Democrats no longer represented them.
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, 50, who has said her beliefs as an Apostolic Christian prevent her from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, said they had changed parties last week. She was a long-time Democrat in eastern Kentucky.
"My husband and I had talked about it for quite a while and we came to the conclusion that the Democratic Party left us a long time ago, so why were we hanging on?" she told Reuters in an interview at a hotel in Washington, where she has traveled to be feted at a Family Research Council event later on Friday.
Davis also said she did not foresee a problem with the current marriage licenses being issued by her office in Morehead, Kentucky. Critics have charged the altered licenses, which removed her name and title and the name of the county, violate an order issued by U.S. District Judge David Bunning and raise questions about their validity.
"I don't think there should be much of an issue and the judge didn't have any problem accepting the licenses that were issued when I was incarcerated, which had been altered, so I don't see that there should be an issue," she said.
Davis added, however, that if the new licenses became an issue for Bunning, she was prepared to return to jail.
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Only one side was standing by her and it wasn’t her party.
Cruz and Huckabee came to her side and gave her support.
Nor was it far too many ‘conservatives’ on Free Republic.
Wrong move. She should have registered as an Indy. Why register with the party of democRAT light?
You were saying?
**because the Democrats no longer represented them**
In reality they probably never did.
That being said I guess they just didn’t like how the Dems chewed them up and spit them out, all in the interest of pandering to an incredibly small demographic.
True enough. ‘Conservatism’ is a pretty loose definition these days.
I just pinged one who referred to her as a "hay-seed hag".
I thought that was Jedi Jones that was harping about her party?
He did come to mind. See post #9.
These idiots should, like Bhoner, be mocked and shunned. In that order.
Far too much liberalism in conservatism these days.
“Why register with the party of democRAT light?”
Exactly. proud to say that I never was a Pubbie nor registered to any political party except FR. What were those articles on Fr last week stating there is no difference between a socialist liberal and Dummycrat?
Christians who identify as Dummycraps are imbeciles who require a lobotomy. The party of fags and abortions and those were not enough to convince you it’s satan’s party?
I’m surprised it took her this long to wake up. The acrid animus that her former Party has for her Christian beliefs and values has been well known for decades.
It's mostly significant that she LEFT the party of the left.
I get that. But if she thinks the GOP represents conservative principles she is going to be very disappointed. Sure, Huckabee and Cruz supported her when she was released from jail. But this is an election season; they probably wouldn't have gotten involved if it weren't.
What I tol’ ya’?
I said it a few days ago in another thread, and I was the first one, watch her switch parties, Republicans are the only ones supporting her. Democrats threw her under the bus.
Glad to see it but I agree with some of the other comments, going independent would be just as good, the GOP hasn’t exactly been making itself look good lately...
Something.
About.
Poetic.
Justice?
Really? And which party did the bastid judge that jailed her belong to?
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