I think I know why Kim Davis is being a bigot for Christ.

[MohRokTah]

It's not about her deeply held religious beliefs.

It's about her political well being.

She lives in a rural county in Kentucky. Gay people are scorned in these areas by a pretty large majority. She's smart enough to know how people feel about the LGBTQ community in her area and how that plays out politically in Kentucky.

Now, in November of 2014, she handily won the general election at 53.2% to 46.8% for her Republican opponent.

What is never played up by the press, however, is that she BARELY won her primary race. She got 46.2% to her closest opponent who got 45.6%. That may sound like it really wasn't a close race, but here's the actual vote count:

Kim Davis - 1,817 votes
Elwood Caudill, Jr. - 1794 votes

She won the Democratic nomination by 23 votes.

Now try again to tell me this is about "deeply held religious beliefs" and isn't about her political well being.

[djean111]

1. Actually, I think this applies to most of our politicans -

Now try again to tell me this is about "deeply held religious beliefs" and isn't about her political well being.

And some candidates are ENTIRELY about their own political well-being, and will adopt any belief, religious or not, when they think it is called for. And then call it 'evolving". Boy, has "evolving" been bent and used for political pandering. It has started to be almost meaningless these days, just another political ploy.

[MohRokTah]

2. Or they suddenly claim to have evolved when that's the real position they've always beleived...

but never said so due to political expediency.

[djean111]

4. Now, that's an interesting twist.

So a politician who was publicly against something, vociferously, and then suddenly said oh, I have evolved, but secretly felt this way all along, but pretended the opposite because it was politically convenient, even though it hurt people, can be believed and/or trusted? Not by me, ever. That political expediency thing doesn't work for me, especially when the result hurts people. Like gay people or people killed in wars.

I don't think that one would fly, really.

[U of M Dem]

5. Right, does this include the "evolution" of candidates such as HRC

on issues like LGBT right to marriage? Or is that conveniently forgotten?

Evolution is just slow motion flip-flopping.

[Hortensis]

3. :) Most of us have no trouble at all reconciling our wants with

our belief systems and usually to very satisfying conclusions. The true almighty may just be the power of self delusion.

Of COURSE Kim's engaging in malicious alteration of public documents for the glory of God. And of COURSE -- now that you so helpfully point it out -- she will best serve God's purpose by doing what she needs to to be reeelected. No conflict at all.

[yellowcanine]

6. Or she might just be a bigot and is using religion as a refuge.

If "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" (Samuel Johnson) maybe religion is the last refuge of a bigot.