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Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Jailed for Contempt
US News ^ | even Nelson | even Nelson

Posted on 09/03/2015 11:56:59 AM PDT by Cheerio

The Kentucky county clerk who made herself a national celebrity by refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses was jailed Thursday for contempt of court.

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was taken into custody by U.S. marshals, according to reporters on the scene.

In sending her to jail, U.S. District Judge David Bunning ignored the American Civil Liberties Union's request that Davis be fined to compel compliance with orders that she issue marriage licenses.

ACLU attorney Heather Weaver, who is working on the case, said there was testimony about fundraising efforts on Davis' behalf, apparently a factor in the judge's decision not to impose financial penalties.

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: gay; kyclerk
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To: Cheerio

They would given her a raise if she were a Muslim!


21 posted on 09/03/2015 12:08:24 PM PDT by ForAmerica (Texas Conservative Christian *born again believer in Jesus Christ* Black Man!)
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To: Utilizer

Redundant. This has already been posted several times this morning from various sources. Anyone that knows how to use the [Page Down] key has already seen this information. Enough already.

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Only several times?

lololol

Its not redundant until it’s been posted some 10-15 times.


22 posted on 09/03/2015 12:08:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: Utilizer

This is the first time I saw it since I haven’t been on FR much today.


23 posted on 09/03/2015 12:10:11 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: A CA Guy

“This is our first political prisoner since what, Martin Luther King?”

Dinesh D’Souza and his “DISGUSTING” video?


24 posted on 09/03/2015 12:11:03 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Lera
Where the hell are America’s pastors ?

Ted Cruz has been calling on them to stand and be counted over this issue, abortion and many others.
25 posted on 09/03/2015 12:11:49 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Who enforces the punishment?”

The leftists’ god and all his worshippers.


26 posted on 09/03/2015 12:12:04 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Responsibility2nd

*laugh* It sure seems that way sometimes, doesn’t it. Still, scrolling down the page I see at least five identical threads with the same title. Gets annoying rather quickly.


27 posted on 09/03/2015 12:12:26 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
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To: tuffydoodle

Scroll down the page to read several similar threads.


28 posted on 09/03/2015 12:12:56 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
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To: DoodleDawg
If my job description changed tomorrow I would change with it or I'd have to quit. Before I got fired.

 

And if your job description required you to denounce all "hate-group" (religous) affiliations, then what?

This "what if" is just a few steps removed from what Kim Davis is facing today. Do you really think the Homo-Nazi's won't pursue this scenario next?

29 posted on 09/03/2015 12:12:56 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: Cheerio

Trump need to get on this like white on rice....^10 points immediately.


30 posted on 09/03/2015 12:14:07 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: SeekAndFind
What’s the punishment if you are officially held in CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS?

If convicted it's not less than one month and not more than 12 months in jail, plus a fine of up to $1000.

Who enforces the punishment?

Congress has to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for D.C. They are then obligated to take it to a grand jury.

31 posted on 09/03/2015 12:14:23 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Utilizer; Admin Moderator

I blame the moderators.

I always blame the mods. Either they moderate too much. Or not enough. They can’t win. But I blame them all the same.

(Hi guys!)


32 posted on 09/03/2015 12:14:39 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Unfortunately Trump CAN’T get on this like white on rice.

Unless he wants to - once again - flip flop on a key issue.

https://www.google.com/search?num=100&safe=off&biw=1280&bih=608&tbm=nws&q=donald+trump+time+to+move+on+same+sex+marriage&oq=donald+trump+time+to+move+on+same+sex+marriage&gs_l=serp.3...6964567.6980543.0.6980894.50.38.2.10.10.0.149.2985.33j5.38.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..29.21.1062.p1smoT9Ys6s


33 posted on 09/03/2015 12:16:43 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: Cheerio
Radical Islamist" dictates from the Oval Office's ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF and his IRANIAN SPY ?

Let us remember WHERE we came from.

And let us NOT FORGET THESE GREAT MEN and WHAT they SAID !
34 posted on 09/03/2015 12:17:20 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: DoodleDawg

RE: If convicted it’s not less than one month and not more than 12 months in jail, plus a fine of up to $1000. Congress has to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for D.C. They are then obligated to take it to a grand jury.

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So, what is Congress waiting for in the case of Lerner and Holder?

Why is enforcement for Kim Davis done so quickly but enforcement for Lerner and Holder being delayed ( and even forgotten )?

Where’s the justice there?


35 posted on 09/03/2015 12:19:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (What is the difference between Obama and government bonds? Government bonds will mature someday)
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To: Utilizer

Sorry, I meant the Index Page on FR.


36 posted on 09/03/2015 12:19:56 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
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To: nclaurel
If this was a Muslim standing up for their beliefs and jailed there would be riots this wouldn't be happening...period.

Heads would be rolling and bombs would be exploding, Christians will meekly bow down.

Note, I am not advocating violence in any way......

37 posted on 09/03/2015 12:20:00 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Timber Rattler

Roger Taney had a long and distinguished legal career and yet all he is remembered for is the Dred Scott decision. I think that the same will be true for Anthony Kennedy.


38 posted on 09/03/2015 12:20:21 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The federal Democrats and their RINO allies move like molasses on some things: the IRS (on another scandal, questioned whether they released taxpayer records to the White House, the IRS replied that releasing that info. was impossible due to taxpayer confidentiality ... hmmmm); Holder (they ignored that long enough so that it’s a dead issue: “Too much time has passed,” say the guys who took too much time); the NSA, EPA, and on and on. Still dragging on. Hotshot T. Gowdy was appointed by Bonehead in May of 2014, apparently to do nothing.

But hold on! On other issues, like this one, the gooberment can move with the speed of lightning and with the power of Thor’s hammer.
The federal war on America continues, here with the ACLU calling the shots.


39 posted on 09/03/2015 12:21:16 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tuffydoodle

Sorry, I meant the Index Page on FR.


40 posted on 09/03/2015 12:23:09 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
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