Let's Hope U.S. District Judge David Bunning Puts Kim Davis in Jail for Contempt of Court

[EEO]

On Thursday.

Until she either agrees to do her job or resigns. I wish she had to go before the judge tomorrow for the sake of those who want to get marriage licenses.

This country is dominated by the rule of law. Religion does not exempt anyone from that.

[Warpy]

1. Naw, deny that sanctimonious twit her martyrdom

Give her an ankle bracelet and house arrest and assess all fines as liens against her house.

[EEO]

5. How long before she puts up a GoFundMe page and gets the money to pay those fines?

[arcane1]

11. Fine (pardon the pun). That's less money to be donated to conservative candiates.

I can't help but wonder if this is being coordinated for political purposes.

[EEO]

17. Wouldn't surprise me.

[Warpy]

19. Oh, her fellow Jesus jumpers have taken care of that

which is why I suggested liens against her home rather than fines.

[Glassunion]

2. I agree with Warpy

Fine her, and get her out of her job.

[EEO]

9. Fines will only encourage like-minded bigots to donate to her.

She is being represented by the ironically named Liberty Counsel pro bono. They have access to large cash reserves and donors.

[Glassunion]

14. Great. They can Go-FundMe themselves right

into bankruptcy, and Go-FuckThemselves.

I'd rather that, than give them a martyr.

[rocktivity]

3. I'd settle for her being fired

or failing that put on some kind of administrative leave so that she can be replaced!


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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. She can't be fired; she was elected.

That's the problem. If she were just a regular employee she probably would have been sacked weeks ago, but as it is she can keep collecting her (government) salary unless/until the Legislature votes to remove her.

[malaise]

4. The way things look

He may be her fifth husband

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Absolutely not. The last thing we want is for her to be regarded as a martyr

by the wingnut fundies. If she's in jail they'd talk about her as if she were a wrongfully persecuted political prisoner like Nelson Mandela or Gandhi or Solzhenitsyn. If she's fined, the nutters will certainly raise the money for her, but at least they won't have an excuse to demonstrate outside the jail.

[EEO]

13. She is already a martyr.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. To some extent, yes. But if they throw her in the slammer

she gets to be f'in Joan of Arc.

[MohRokTah]

7. I say fine her tens of thousands each day she refuses. eom

[EEO]

12. Well...

She is being represented by the ironically named Liberty Counsel, which has a bunch of money.

And bigots will line up to give her more money.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. At some point it will dawn on the fundy moneybags

that by paying this dingbat's fines for her they are giving money to the government. They'll hate that.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Bunning was appointed by George W Bush

Not a good sign in this case.

Turns out every one of the current sitting judges in that district was also appointed by GWB.


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[EEO]

15. But he has to abide by the Supreme Court ruling. There is no discretion here.

[mnhtnbb]

18. Maybe he'll pull a "make me" routine the same as the Clerk.

[jberryhill]

22. He issued the preliminary injunction and denied the stay

Every order thus far has been correct and been affirmed by the 6th Circuit and the Supreme Court.

He has now approved the motion for an order to show cause why she should not be held in contempt.

Why on earth would you think he would change his mind at this point?

[Downwinder]

21. Send a message.

[ladyVet]

23. I call bullshit on this "don't make her a martyr" theme.

She's breaking the law, she should be in jail. And heavily fined. And removed from her position. This will send the message to others that they can't get away with breaking the law, that they will personally do hard time and spend money they don't have.

Let these fools send her money. Every penny they send will be food taken from their own children's mouths, to support an adulteress and a breaker of man's law and more importantly, God's law.

And if they want God's law to rule over us, then stone her to death for her sins.