Fed Judge Orders Clerk And Her Entire Staff To Court After Refusing Licenses Yet Again

[MohRokTah]

The process for contempt charges begins:

Fed Judge Orders Clerk And Her Entire Staff To Court After Refusing Licenses Yet Again



MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A county clerk in Kentucky who has invoked "God's authority" and is defying the U.S. Supreme Court by refusing to license same-sex marriage has been summoned along with her entire staff to explain to a federal judge why she should not face stiff fines or jail time.

U.S. District Judge David Bunning moved swiftly Tuesday after a lesbian couple asked him to find Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in contempt. Davis told several couples and a crowd of supporters and protesters that her religious beliefs prevent her from sanctioning gay marriage, and then retreated again, closing her office door and blinds to the raucous scene outside.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene Monday night, leaving Davis no legal ground for her continued refusal Tuesday morning. Lawyers for the two gay couples who originally sued her asked the judge Tuesday to find her in contempt, but punish her with only financial penalties, not jail time.

"Since Defendant Davis continues to collect compensation from the Commonwealth for duties she fails to perform," they asked Bunning to "impose financial penalties sufficiently serious and increasingly onerous" to compel her immediate compliance without delay.

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[TheSarcastinator]

1. do not pass go, do not collect $100

go directly to jail.

[Takket]

2. what an absolute scumbag

clearly she wants martyrdom. DON'T put her in jail, but do fine her and fire her. She is stealing from the state by collecting pay for a job she refuses to do.

[mentalsolstice]

6. She can't be fired, per state law.

she can be impeached, I guess.

[MohRokTah]

7. I'm hoping $10,000/day/staff member as a fine.

It would rein in this bullshit pretty damned quickly.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. Put her in jail so the victims can seize her gofundme martyr money.

[lpbk2713]

3. Obstructionism has its down side.

As she and her staff will soon find out.

[brooklynite]

4. So, not only is SHE not issuing licences, her staff isn't either?

This isn't going to go well...

[atreides1]

5. This will be interesting

Judge probably wants to make sure that the staff understands that they can be held in contempt, also!

[Downwinder]

13. Federal Judges do not like you

to thumb your nose at them.

[Vinca]

8. This woman aspires to "martyrdom."

Eventually she'll lose the job and next thing you know a funding page will turn her into a millionaire. Then she and her 4th husband can live on the holy shores of Barbados or something. A grifter in the name of God.

[hifiguy]

10. One thing NO judge, state or federal,

will ever tolerate is being ignored and disrespected in their judicial role. Federal judges tend to be especially prickly and justifiably so. Off to the Big House for contempt of court!

[benld74]

11. They took oaths when they took their jobs,

seems like some job openings coming up in KY land soon.

[lpbk2713]

12. When they stand before the judge ...

will their knees turn to KY jelly?