How can it end in defeat? She is doing as her faith leads her to do. That's never a defeat or a loss. Perhaps others will feel inspired to follow their faith more closely, that's not a loss. She is fighting battles bigger than what is seen.
Here it is: proof that illegal immigration is the winning issue!
Yeah, this is my hill.
Because if America is destined to be a completely deviant, pervert nation, promoting its evil around the world (as Obama is already doing with his homo-centric agenda, not to mention our own putrid, depraved pop-culture), I’m more than comfortable in seeing the country completely ripped apart and die in flames.
I have said for many years that the greatest enemies of social conservatives are liberal Republicans. If you are not willing to fight with us on this, then you are no better than a liberal Republican. And don’t expect us to come running when you need help on your favorite issues. You are either for us or you are against us.
Right now people can decide where the line is for themselves. It will probably come to apoint where many identify the samme line and begin assisting one another directly.
Send dat Boy, Dred Scott, right back home to hiz massah, cuz it’s d’ LAW of d’ Land!
Has Dreher gone over to the dark side?
I know he is a mess because he was abused by priests when he was young.
But this?
Kim Davis’s position is unwinnable.
Wars are won by many small victories.
It is actually a victory that she was put in jail.
That is the sort of thing that can finally wake up some Americans that have not been paying enough attention.
I disagree. The gay marriage imbroglio is of immense importance. It will define our Republican form of government. The federal government has no jurisdiction with respect to marriage. This is brought strikingly clear in the Davis case. Clerk Kim Davis has undressed the district court judge and he knows it. While he can assume the role of a tyrant and illegally throw her in jail or fine her, he can not issue a legitimate marriage certificate, he knows it, and therein is his dilemma. Only states have legal jurisdiction with respect to marriage matters. Clerk Davis is the duly elected clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky and derives her authority from the citizens of Rowan Country. She remains the Clerk and the tyrant judge can not remove her from office, and he can not order her under duress to issue lawful marriage certificates. Furthermore, none of her underlings can do so either, since she has not authorized them to do so. Thus, the marriage certificates that are being issued now without her authority are null and void. I would conclude that the Davis case is where the federal government finally runs into the brick wall of federalism. Accordingly, this case has historic proportions not only on religious grounds but on state rights grounds.
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The guy who wrote this is as cowardly as jeb.
Except that they are not lawful decisions.
there can be no doubt that as a matter of legal procedure, the Supreme Court’s decision is the law
Of course it's not the law. The law is what was passed by the Kentucky General Assembly and signed by the Governor, and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as amended. The law is also what was passed by Congress and signed by the President (The Defense of Marriage Act).
Those are the laws. A decision such as Obergefell vs. Hodges is entirely lawless, lacking both jurisdiction and authority, and it should be ignored by ANY official sworn to uphold the law and the Constitution.
That the Lord has chosen the imperfect vessel named Kim Davis - well, that IS how He works, isn't it?
The catholic church will remain silent as usual. There won’t be any homilies about this. No prayers for her from the faithful.... and I am a catholic.
If they put all of the Christians in jail there won’t be anyone working and paying taxes to fund their government.
This is how we have become what we have become - if one cannot win a war with a single battle, then don't fight the battle.
What does the author think will get used up in the battles that lead to eventual victory - can't run out of bullets or ideas but if we don't fight the battles there will be so much "precedence" that future battle will be rendered irrelevant and bullets will be the only thing left.
Kind of like a Star Trek soldier with atomic-powered laser weapons crying out "Keep your powder dry and don't fire until the enemy lays down and surrenders".
The result would be chaos.. Not anarchy. Anarchy would be the elimination of government officials.
Rod Dreher is pathetic with this stream man argument, with a false choice. No one is proposing we die on this Hill. We should, however, stand firm with Kim Davis. There are many battles to be fought to win a war. No need to surrender preemptively on any of them.