NYT:
A same-sex couple received a marriage license here on Friday, the first such couple to get one a day after the county clerk, Kim Davis, was jailed by a federal judge for refusing court orders to issue the licenses. The couple, James Yates, 41, and William Smith, Jr., 33, entered the Rowan County Courthouse shortly after it opened, walking through throngs of protesters. Supporters of Ms. Davis yelled Bible passages and held up signs, including one briefly held up by Ms. Davis’s husband, Joe Davis, that read, “Welcome to Sodom and Gomorrah.” On Thursday, Ms. Davis, who has become a symbol of religious opposition to same-sex marriage, was jailed for contempt after defying a federal court order to issue licenses to gay couples. She later rejected a proposal to allow her deputies to grant the licenses, which could have led to her release.
Kim Davis’s actions are dividing GOP candidates—Lindsey Graham and Jeb Bush are siding with the rule of law, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are siding with the rule of your imaginary friends vs. my imaginary friends—but the loudest, dumbest, and most divisive comments are coming from Mike Huckabee.
Kim Davis in federal custody removes all doubts about the criminalization of Christianity in this country. We must defend #ReligiousLiberty!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 3, 2015
I’m headed to Kentucky on Tuesday to stand with #KimDavis. We must end the criminalization of Christianity! #ImWithKim
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 3, 2015
What a world, where Hillary Clinton isn’t in jail but #KimDavis is. #ImWithKim
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 3, 2015
Kim Davis isn’t in jail for being a Christian or for opposing marriage equality. She’s in jail for contempt of court. Period. And God bless Seth Rogan:
.@GovMikeHuckabee you’re an idiot.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) September 3, 2015
And the last word goes to America’s Best Christian…
What’s Religious Liberty? (HINT: It’s nothing to with liberty) #StandWithKim #KimDavis #ReligiousLiberty #ImWithKim pic.twitter.com/Wssfknxgyw
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) September 4, 2015
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