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“My conscience will not allow it,” Davis said earlier to Bunning.
“God’s moral law convicts me and conflicts with my duties.”
“God’s moral law convicts me and conflicts with my duties.”
“This know also, that in the last days
perilous times shall come.”
perilous times shall come.”
2 Timothy 3:1 ~ King James Version Bible
GEOFFREY GRIDER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND FOUNDER OF NOW THE END BEGINS
AS WORD OF KIM DAVIS’ ARREST BECAME KNOWN IN THE CROWD THAT NUMBERED MORE THAN 100 PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, CHEERS AND CHANTS ERUPTED.ASHLAND, Ky. — Five of six deputies in the office of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis found in contempt of court and held Thursday for her refusal to issue marriage licenses in wake of the Supreme Court decision to allow gays to wed say they will process the paperwork starting Friday.
But Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, whom U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning has placed in the custody of U.S. marshals ready to take her to Boyd County jail, said through her lawyers that she will not authorize any of her employees to issue licenses in her absence.
The holdout was Davis’ son, Nathan Davis, who works in his mother’s office. Yet the other deputy clerks had reservations, some based on religion, as Davis has maintained, others with questions about their legal authority to sign off on forms without the elected official’s consent.
But Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, whom U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning has placed in the custody of U.S. marshals ready to take her to Boyd County jail, said through her lawyers that she will not authorize any of her employees to issue licenses in her absence.
The holdout was Davis’ son, Nathan Davis, who works in his mother’s office. Yet the other deputy clerks had reservations, some based on religion, as Davis has maintained, others with questions about their legal authority to sign off on forms without the elected official’s consent.
KIM DAVIS’ LAWYERS CALLED INTO QUESTION WHETHER ANY LICENSES ISSUED IN HER ABSENCE WOULD BE LEGAL.
But Bunning said couples would have to decide whether to take that risk on their own. He indicated that he would lift the contempt charge against the defiant county clerk if deputies began issuing marriage licenses but said he was reluctant to release her too quickly because of the possibility that she would stop the process and again try to go through the courts in a sort of ping-pong match.
Allowing Kim Davis, who previously has said she is an Apostolic Christian, to defy a court order could create a ripple effect among other county clerks, Bunning said. Two other clerks in the state also had stopped issuing marriage licenses but have not had lawsuits filed against them.
“Her good-faith belief is simply not a viable defense,” said Bunning, who said he also has deeply held religious beliefs. “Oaths mean things.”
Kim Davis, who was tearful at times in her morning appearance before the judge, testified that she could not obey Bunning’s order because God’s law trumps the court. source
Allowing Kim Davis, who previously has said she is an Apostolic Christian, to defy a court order could create a ripple effect among other county clerks, Bunning said. Two other clerks in the state also had stopped issuing marriage licenses but have not had lawsuits filed against them.
“Her good-faith belief is simply not a viable defense,” said Bunning, who said he also has deeply held religious beliefs. “Oaths mean things.”
Kim Davis, who was tearful at times in her morning appearance before the judge, testified that she could not obey Bunning’s order because God’s law trumps the court. source
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Her “crime” was non violent – CHAINS????? And they will be coming after you too if you don’t support her and protest this unlawful judicial tyranny and the abuse of power by the paranoid marshalls who shackled her.Post Your Comment And Share The Link Below
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