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Today Kim Davis, Court Clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky, was released from jail. The original gay and straight plaintiffs who complained about her to the court said they had received their marriage licenses from the deputy clerks in her office last week, so Judge Dunning allowed her to walk free. Her extremely conservative fans immediately saw this as a great victory, and made a public spectacle of themselves, led by a couple of
But not so fast. Kim Davis never promised she wouldn't interfere with gay marriage anymore. If she goes back to her cushy $80,000 per year job and starts preaching to gay citizens or forbidding her deputies from handing out licenses, she may be right back in the lock-up.
Orange is the new Wiggity-Whack.
From CNN
The Kentucky clerk, who was held in contempt of court for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, urged her supporters not to give in.
"Thank you all so much. I love you all so very much," she said. "I just want to give God the glory. His people have rallied, and you are a strong people. We serve a living God who knows exactly where each and every one of us is at. Just keep on pressing. Don't let down, because he is here. He's worthy."
. . . U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered that Davis be released from jail -- five days after he sent her there -- saying he was satisfied that her deputies fulfilled their obligations to give marriage licenses to same-sex couples in her absence.
But Bunning's new order says Davis cannot interfere with her deputies issuing marriage licenses to all legally eligible couples.
That means Davis could find herself behind bars again if she does anything to prevent the marriages from taking place, CNN Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin said.
"If Ms. Davis stops them from issuing licenses, then we are right back where we started," Toobin said. "And Judge Bunning has made it quite clear, he will lock her back up."
From the New York Times:
. . . Of the two presidential contenders who attended the rally, it was Mr. Huckabee, making his second White House run, who grabbed the political spotlight. Before Ms. Davis appeared, Mr. Huckabee and Mr. Staver took the stage to tell the crowd, in unison, “Kim Davis is free.”
When Mr. Cruz, who met with Ms. Davis, exited the Carter County Detention Center, a throng of journalists beckoned him toward their microphones, but an aide to Mr. Huckabee blocked the path of the senator, who appeared incredulous.
. . . Many demonstrators, few of them expecting that Ms. Davis would be released, brought lawn chairs. On one side, there were signs with Bible verses and one comparing the Supreme Court to the Islamic State, while a man with a megaphone urged people to repent. On the other, people waved signs saying “God Loves!!!! Period!”
Linda Clark, 40, an opponent of same-sex marriage from Olive Hill, Ky., said, “We’re happy for God to raise an army for what the majority of people want.”
Even Fox News couldn't take this stuff.
Shepard Smith went on an epic rant against the haters:
Shepard Smith of Fox News: “Well, they've set this up as a religious play again. This is the same crowd that says 'We don't want Sharia Law - don't let them come in here and start telling us what to do. Keep their religion out of our lives and out of our government.' Well, here we go again.
When this started, this lawyer said he needed an accommodation for a woman who wanted one. She said she didn’t want her name on a license for gay people.... Now they’ve come up with one,they’ve let her out of jail… said 'you don't have to have to name on there, just put the name of the county on there, all this is done. But it’s not what they want. This is what they want, what you’re hearing now and this what they’re going to get: get a stirred up argument and a couple of days in the news cycle, and they’re going to be able to make these claims. And the truth is, when you get right down to the fundamentals of this, the Supreme Court of the United States saysyou can't have things being OK for one group of people, but not OK for another group of people. This is not unprecedented. They did it when they said black and white people couldn’t marry. And they said, 'Oh wait, I guess you can.' Now they've said straight people and gay people. all y'all can get married.If you want to get married, go right at it. The government's not going to get in the way of you anymore than they got in the way of straight people back in the day.
But, haters are going to hate. We thought what this woman wanted was an accommodation, which they’ve granted her, something that worked for everybody. But it’s not what they want.”
Just your average Southern #KimDavis rally for "Freedom". #TheConfederateFlag front and center. pic.twitter.com/rBfAtUqieo— Donna NoShock (@NoShock) September 8, 2015
Kim Davis comes to the stage to the melifluous chords of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger"— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 8, 2015
Survivor Objects to Use of ‘Eye of the Tiger’ at Rally for Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis http://t.co/sYHDrRyIKE
— Variety (@Variety) September 8, 2015
Attorney for Kim Davis: She will go back to work this week. CNNgo: http://t.co/HAhU3MmiMf pic.twitter.com/Bq7tCY8HQk— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 8, 2015
On Davis' incarceration for refusing marriage licenses, Huckabee asks "who's next? Your pastor?"— Ryland Barton (@RylandKY) September 8, 2015
Huckabee tells crowd at "ImWithKim" rally he's "willing" to go to jail in #KimDavis' place http://t.co/PJYyI7qiWy pic.twitter.com/hmanb3PTff— Allegra Kirkland (@allegrakirkland) September 8, 2015
Huckabee at #KimDavis rally: "I am ready to spend the next 8 years leading this country; I am ready to spend the next 8 years in jail."— daveweigel (@daveweigel) September 8, 2015
Huckabee says the Supreme Court is not supreme only God is. Please understand the danger in a politician saying these words.— Tina Issa (@tinaissa) September 8, 2015
Retweeted Pat Fuller (@bannerite): Message to #KimDavis and her supporters. #Maddow pic.twitter.com/ghb3eHrB2f http://t.co/LhpO4V9sYq— Megan Hamilton (@GaiaLibra) September 9, 2015
If we listen to Kim Davis' odd lawyer, she'll be back in jail sometime fairly soon, right? http://t.co/59FCsgSlf6 pic.twitter.com/PvxEFvNzzT— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) September 8, 2015
#KimDavis speaks to her supporters: pic.twitter.com/rR1JW7cT0L— WHAS11 News (@WHAS11) September 8, 2015
Glad to see that Ted Cruz got his own campaign photo op, too. Would be shame if he only got to photobomb. pic.twitter.com/TR9pIvkZlM— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) September 8, 2015
Aide to Huckabee physically blocked Cruz from getting to the reporters gathered for Davis, @alanblinder reports: http://t.co/3YTpmDFU0x
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) September 8, 2015
Spotted at Mike Huckabee's Kim Davis rally pic.twitter.com/RBDO7JV229— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 8, 2015
Me watching #KimDavis speak: pic.twitter.com/5apMmov0Wk— Casey (@pari_passu) September 9, 2015
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