200 supporters gather at jail for Kentucky clerk held in same-sex marriage dispute

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters

Around 200 supporters gathered outside a Kentucky jail on Saturday to support a county clerk held there for defying a federal judge’s order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, 49, who refused the licenses due to her Christian belief that marriage can only be between a man and a woman, said she was prepared to remain in jail where she has been reading a Bible since her incarceration for contempt on Thursday, her lawyers said.

On Saturday, a white banner spray-painted with the black letters “Kim Davis POW” was placed near the jail entrance and a bagpipe and drum corps from the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property played “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and marched to the detention center.

About 200 people gathered in a field across from the entrance to the Carter County Detention Center in Grayson, Kentucky where Mayor George Steele welcomed them “in the name of God”. “God is going to continue to bless Kim Davis,” Steele said before leading the group in prayer.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/200-supporters-gather-at-jail-for-kentucky-clerk-held-in-same-sex-marriage-dispute/

[jberryhill]

1. I oughta open a pitchfork concession

Set up a stand on the nearest interstate exit and sell pitchforks, torches, tar, feathers and all the traditional essentials of American folk justice.

[msanthrope]

34. You forgot torches. You can't forget the torches. nt

[jberryhill]

37. Yeah, and porn magazines

Gotta have something to do after the rally.

[trueblue2007]

2. morons

[durablend]

41. That's morans.

Get it right.

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[Duckhunter935]

3. They will forget within a week

[dembotoz]

5. don't be so suire

they will probably try to have her pic on the 10 dollar bill

name a high school after her

church folks love to feel persecuted
except when they are

[Duckhunter935]

6. Some I am sure will

Squirrel 😉

[bulloney]

8. They will probably try to have her pic on the 10 dollar bill

I'd support having Davis' picture on a $3 bill. She's as phony as one.

Don't get preachy with me on being an authority on the sanctity of marriage when you're on your FOURTH!

[w0nderer]

21. Probably try to have her canonized n/t

[bulloney]

4. I'd love to interview Kim's "supporters" and ask them how many times they've been married.

I'd also ask them where in the Bible does Jesus condemn gay marriages and other questions that would likely make their heads explode.

I did see an interview with one of her "supporters" on the day she was jailed. He looked like his parents met at a family reunion.

[sarge43]

12. "....his parents met at a family reunion."

Subtle and nasty - I like it.

[Hepburn]

19. My fav question for the idiot RR crowd:

"So.......who created God?"

[HassleCat]

9. God is doing his job

God has blessed Kim Davis. He blessed her with four husbands, so her cup runneth over in that department. He is blessing her with nice quiet time so she can read her Bible and be thankful to Him.

[Cal33]

27. Does this mean that the Catholic Church now performs marriages and divorces as often

as one wishes, or does it mean that she is no longer a practicing Catholic?

[Shadowflash]

10. Haha!

''a white banner spray-painted with the black letters “Kim Davis POW” was placed near the jail entrance and a bagpipe and drum corps from the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property played “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and marched to the detention center.''

[sarge43]

11. Big whoop

Two hundred people probably would show up for a cow flop bingo contest, especially if there were fried food of any sort.

[RKP5637]

17. LOL! Yep!!! n/t

[beac]

18. Agree that's a very weak turnout.

At least double that many ate breakfast at the nearest IHOP this morning. Two days in, and she can't outdraw waffles.

[durablend]

42. Is there a Chick Fil A nearby?

Kill two birds with one stone.

[appleannie1]

13. Would they be there supporting her if she was Muslim or Hindu or Wiccan or whatever? I doubt it.

[RKP5637]

16. For these damn fools freedom of religion means for what they believe, but no tolerance for

anyone else's beliefs. These individuals are despicable and an example of what often makes earth a hostile place.

[w0nderer]

23. three pictures that describes her entire 'problem'

[RKP5637]

32. Exactly!!! n/t

[Helen Borg]

14. Oh, they can gather...

[RKP5637]

15. Damn fools stick together. Kim Davis is a charlatan working the system, getting an ego

trip and likely lots of $$$$$'s. As one tweet said something to the effect of, she's not in jail because of her religious beliefs, but rather because she was using the government to force her religious beliefs onto others.

[Marrah_G]

20. Someday history will look back on th ignorant scum that they are

Much like the KKK.

[Liberalagogo]

28. I think it already is.

[BlueJazz]

22. In other news: The 200 protestors tried to donate their time to the local Almond Joy factory.

Miss McClain, a factory spokesperson, said "No thank you...we have plenty of Nuts here already"

[awoke_in_2003]

24. “God is going to continue to bless Kim Davis,”

Well, he seems to be doing a bang up job so far

[TexasBushwhacker]

35. Maybe he can bless her with a new job

Though it probably won't pay $80K.

[bulloney]

38. Davis is the classic Republican government officeholder.

She succeeded her mother and had it all planned to groom her son to get voted in to succeed her when she retires.

We have several government office positions like that around where I live. And they're mostly Republicans. You know, the party that despises government. And none of them could find an $80,000/year job in the private sector. I doubt that they could find a job that pays a third of that amount in the private sector. They get voted in their government job because of their family connections.

[TexasBushwhacker]

39. And probably wants to cut government spending

Rowan County has a total population of 23K. How does the county clerk position warrant a $80K salary?

[mpcamb]

40. $80,000 / yr salary in a county where the average income is $17,000 and 28.6% live in poverty.

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21/21205.html

[bluestateguy]

25. I wonder

How many of these white conservative Christians would hold a rally for a black youth who is warehoused away for non-violent possession of a little weed?

[left-of-center2012]

26. Oh .........

I thought they had come to stone her for adultery.
While married to husband #1,
she got pregnant by husband #3,
before marrying husband #2.
Somewhere there's also a husband #4.

She loves traditional marriage so much
she married four times.

[NCjack]

29. 200 people. I wonder how many will have their marriages wrecked, will go home

tonight and say, "What the hey? I could divorce now and have the gay marriage I always wanted." Yes, that is the real impact here.

[underpants]

30. Dayum! Those are Mike Huckabee Chick-fil-a numbers!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

31. Nasty, vile bunch

This was an actual sign they were carrying at Thursday's hearing:

[passiveporcupine]

33. where Mayor George Steele welcomed them “in the name of God”

Looks like the Mayor should be in jail with the martyr.

[LiberalElite]

36. Here's the Wikipedia entry for that "society" - way out there right wing (of course):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_for_the_Defense_of_Tradition,_Family_and_Property

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The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP), or "The American TFP," is a special campaign of The Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc. ("FCC&quot . [2] It is one of a number of autonomous national TFPs which form "the world’s largest anticommunist and antisocialist network of Catholic inspiration."[3]
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