Amanda Marcotte disagrees with me. Writing today TPM, Marcotte predicts that Kim Davis won't become a rightwing martyr/hero/benefactress:

If Davis thinks her martyr-for-bigotry act will make her a right-wing hero, however, she might want to think again. Instead of being a sign that conservatives will never give up on this issue, it’s starting to seem instead that Davis’s last stand is evidence that mainstream conservatives have decided to let this one go (for now, anyway), leaving hysterical opposition to same-sex marriage to a right-wing fringe.

The support for Davis amongst more mainstream conservatives has been, at best, muted, even from those who built their career on hating gay people. Maggie Gallagher, whose life’s work has been opposing same-sex marriage, limply wrote in the National Review, “There is no way to maintain the rule of law if public officials can ignore direct court orders.”

The most belligerently anti-gay writer at the Heritage Foundation, Ryan Anderson, wrote, “The citizens of Rowan County have a right to receive in a timely and efficient manner the various government provisions—including licenses—to which they are entitled.” If you peruse conservative media, it becomes clear that they’re more bent out of shape about Obama letting Alaska name its own mountain than they are about this woman’s supposed martyrdom.

And this guy has a point...


And how often can you say that you agree with Lindsey Graham?

I don't know what's more shocking about Graham's comments on Kim Davis—that he sees through Davis's bullshit or that he doesn't find a way to pivot from slamming Davis to calling for a U.S. ground invasion of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Morocco, and Idaho. (Confidential to Lindsey: You can support traditional marriage and support same-sex marriage too. It's not an either/or.)