“Supporters of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples due to her religious beliefs, said on Wednesday that any of her deputies who provide the documents without her permission should be fired.”
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, flanked by Republic presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (L), Attorney Mathew Staver (2n R) and her husband Joe Davis (R) celebrates her release from the Carter County Detention center in Grayson, Kentucky September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Chris Tilley
No one, not even the federal judge who jailed her for contempt, is trying to force Kim Davis to personally issue same-sex marriage licenses. So long as her office issues those licenses, she’s in compliance and will be left alone. But her supporters want the deputy clerks issuing those licenses fired. That’s all the proof anyone needs their campaign isn’t about protecting Davis’ religious beliefs, it’s about practicing a form of discrimination outlawed by the courts. Read the story here.