Kim Davis’s Deputies Reportedly Say They Want To Issue Marriage Licenses But Are Too Afraid Of Davis

[joeybee12]

In an interview with the Kentucky Trial Court Review, Rowan County Attorney Cecil Watkins expressed exasperation with Kim Davis, the anti-gay clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses due to her objections to marriage equality. Davis, Watkins said, “does not represent” the county or its values, and he added that he told Davis that he “will not and cannot support” her in her refusal to obey the Constitution.

Perhaps most significantly, Watkins also says that he learned that Davis’s deputy clerks would issue marriage licenses to all couples legally entitled to one, but that they are too afraid of Davis to do so. If Judge David Bunning, the federal judge who is expected to hold Davis in contempt after a hearing Thursday morning, orders Davis’s deputies to issue marriage licenses, Watkins says, the deputies will comply.

Davis’s refusal to comply with the Constitution has potentially placed her deputies in legal jeopardy. In an order announcing the contempt hearing, Judge Bunning said that Davis “and each of her deputy clerks shall be present at the hearing.” The deputies’ willingness to issue licenses if Davis is no longer an obstacle, however, may save them from sanctions since the primary purpose of the contempt hearing is to pressure Davis’s office to comply with the law.

In an editorial note accompanying its reporting, the Trial Court Review paints a grim picture of life in the Rowan County courthouse after Davis began a symbol of anti-gay defiance. “The takeaways from the Watkins interview are clear. Davis is acting alone in her zealous mission. Her conduct has terrorized not just her staff but everyone that works in the courthouse. And all for a foolish mission aided by out of state charlatan lawyers trying to raise money for their ‘religious liberty’ mission.”

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/09/03/3698353/kim-daviss-deputies-reportedly-say-they-want-to-issue-marriage-licenses-but-are-too-afraid-of-davis/

A Christo-fascist who's also a bully...well, you never find that combination, now do you?

[Hortensis]

1. Well, maybe she'll use this to run for Congress--until it's abolished in the name of God, of course.

[sarisataka]

2. Too bad the deputies

Haven't had the moral courage to what what is right and legal.

Though it speaks volumes that they fear their boss more than the Supreme Court. It is clear they believe that there will be retaliation if they follow the law and they will not have support.

[joeybee12]

3. That's the problem....

I bet she threatened to fire them...I hope this comes out at today's hearing, because the clerks all could be held in contempt for Davis' actions...or, rather, non-action.

[Takket]

4. I sympathise with the deputies.

It isn't their place to be issuing the licenses against their boss's will. in fact I would rather they didn't unless the court orders them to do so. This is about kim davis and I want judgment against her. I want the law to say she is WRONG for what she is doing and subject to penalties. homosexuals shouldn't be forced to go "around the system" to some deputy to get a license without the approval of their boss or an authority above their boss (I.E. the court).

"It's the principle of the thing."

[joeybee12]

5. The judge needs to ask each and every one if they're willing...

And they should say yes in plain view of everyone, so when nutjob Davis tries to fire them later, they have evidence of retaliation.

[Takket]

6. are they in court right now???

I've read the hearing was "Thursday morning". it is now Thursday afternoon and I haven't heard anything about it.

Does anyone know?

[joeybee12]

7. Have been for the past 2 hours...nt

[Dawson Leery]

8. Davis is clearly inspired by the teachings within Madrasas.

Making such threats is what jihadists do.