Kim Davis supporters gather outside judge’s home to hold him ‘in contempt of God’s court’

[IDemo]

Source: Raw Story

Dozens of anti-LGBT activists protested Monday outside the home of the federal judge who jailed Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was held in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The rally outside U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning’s home in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, was organized by the anti-abortion group Operation Save America, and protesters carried signs distributed by the conservative American View group founded by the neo-Confederate creationist Michael Peroutka.

“You, sir, are the one that’s in contempt of the law,” said the Rev. Philip “Flip” Benham, head of Operation Save America and father of would-be reality TV stars David and Jason Benham. “You, sir, are the one in contempt of God’s court, you’re in contempt of the Constitution of the United States of America, of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and sir, you need to repent.”

“If you don’t repent, we’re going to ask that the sheriff in Grayson County arrest you for putting this precious little girl into jail,” Benham added. “It’s wrong.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/kim-davis-supporters-gather-outside-judges-home-to-hold-him-in-contempt-of-gods-court/

[Duckhunter935]

1. My take

[hobbit709]

2. I'll add to that

[durablend]

3. "Precious little girl?"

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[MyNameGoesHere]

22. I know

I about barfed when I saw that.

[backscatter712]

23. They went full teabag

[47of74]

31. I'll second that motion.

[smirkymonkey]

38. Thank you.

[JackInGreen]

4. I know it's jumping to the worst paranoia

but I'm wondering how long until they drag him from his house and we watch extremists here turn our country into a war torn wreck for the new Christian Kingdom.

[mucifer]

5. I agree. Some nut with a gun could go after him. That said,

they do have the right to protest.

[JackInGreen]

6. I'm more worried about the 'Angry Mob'

out of control, brainless, motivated by fear and religious outrage....how long until these ignoramus wingnuts start blowing themselves up for the greater glory of Jesus?

[GOLGO 13]

7. Let them make the first move towards violence

Their whole "movement" would be branded as fundamentalist terrorists.

[JackInGreen]

10. I don't know if an unattractive label

is enough to keep these idjits at bay.

[cheapdate]

14. In America only brown people are terrorists.

White people are protesters and white killers are usually described as "emotionally disturbed" and "acting alone". But white people in America -- and white Christians -- are never called "terrorists". Only brown people are called that.

[Javaman]

16. their halfwitted response would be...

"then jesus was a terrorist!!!" followed by all sorts of spittle, yelling and wringing of hands.

[whatthehey]

19. Really? Eric Rudolph wasn't enough. Roeder wasn't enough. Kopp wasn't enough.

This is America, where the overriding cultural rule is IOKIYAC, always.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

8. They've promoted themselves to "God's Court"?

No humility there. Last I heard, pride was a mortal sin.

[DetlefK]

28. They know exactly what God would do and say.

And he would do and say exactly what they do and say, dammit. No need to look into the Bible or whatever. They are doing God's work because the Allmighty is somehow incapable of doing it himself!

[patricia92243]

9. I wonder if the judge could be extended some temporary security.

[kickitup]

11. He is under the protection of U.S. Marshals.

From what I understand, the death threats started right after he jailed her for contempt.

[JackInGreen]

21. Thank Gods for small favors

fereal.
eom.

[wordpix]

34. the RW wackos should be jailed for threatening the judge

I understand they have the right to free speech but their free speech ends if they're threatening the judge and engaging in domestic terrorism.

Unfortunately, in our system the crazies can do whatever they want until they kill someone.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

12. Seems to make good sense.

Fucking whackos!

[asjr]

13. What have we become? These people are going to vote and not Democrat.

[LynneSin]

15. Why can't we find an empty piece of wasteland and let these people colonize it as their own

We'll put a big damn fence up around it so they can have their own country with their own crazy rules and NONE of them can ever escape!

Let the rest of us live in peace!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

37. Kansas is a square state -- it would make it cheaper to build a fence there

George Carlin already suggested using it for criminals. Give the residents a couple hundred dollars to move out, build a fence, drop in guns and ammunition and televise the whole thing on the Violence News Network (VNN).

[csziggy]

39. One religious group did that - they called it Utah...

I guess no one built the fence, though.

[bvf]

17. Thought the name Flip Benham rang a bell.

http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=us_domestic_terrorism_tmln&haitian_elite_2021_organizations=haitian_elite_2021_operation_rescue

[bobclark86]

33. From the link, for those who didn't click:

November 8, 2010: Anti-Abortion Leader Convicted of Stalking Abortion Doctors

The Reverend Phillip “Flip” Benham is convicted of stalking abortion doctors in his home state of North Carolina. Benham receives two years’ probation. Benham is the leader of Operation Save America, once known as Operation Rescue ((see 1986, July 1988, August 1988, July-August 1991, January 7, 1998, April 20, 1998, October 23, 1998, and January 13, 2003). He distributed numerous Old West-style “Wanted” posters that included the names, addresses, and photographs of four Charlotte-area doctors who provide abortions. The court rules that Benham violated a North Carolina law designed to protect citizens from being targeted by “a lone-wolf assailant.” Benham and his colleagues put up posters near the doctors’ offices and in their neighborhoods, placed them on cars, and tacked them to doors. According to Detective Milton Harris of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, “By them handing out the flyers with doctors’ photos on it, it was an indication to us that they were actually singling those doctors out within that residential neighborhood to protest.” Harris adds, “The purpose of the law is to protect that person’s identity against basically a lone-wolf assailant coming in there and possibly doing harm to that individual or that family.” One doctor who spoke during the trial said the posters were “a call for my murder” (see May 31, 2009), said they made him “fear… for his life,” and said he now “gets down on his hands and knees to make certain there are no bombs under his car.” Prosecutors said that the posters were the equivalent of “placing targets” on the doctors. Benham insists that the posters are no threat, and says his only intent was to “inform the community” that the doctor “kills babies… for a living” and has “no respect for life of children in the safety and neighborhoods of their mothers’ wombs” (see 1995 and After, January - April 2003, and September 13, 2010). But Cindy Thompson of the local National Organization for Women (NOW) chapter says that Benham “needs to leave women alone and let us make up our own minds” about whether to have abortions. “This is not free speech,” says Kathy Spillar of the Feminist Majority Foundation, a group that tracks violence against abortion providers. “This is the equivalent of yelling fire in a crowded theater. These wanted posters are communicating a threat to these abortion providers, and essentially they become targets of anti-abortion extremists willing to kill.”

[mnhtnbb]

18. Right wing anti-choice fundies have used the same tactic against MD's who do abortions.

When we lived in Lincoln, NE, the Omaha based Operation Rescue group made life
miserable for a local doc. They picketed his home (only a few blocks from where we lived),
his church, and followed his wife to her job. She eventually was fired from her job
because the business didn't want the wackos around.

These are obnoxious, hateful people. Nothing "Christian" about them at all.

And yes, I agree that they are terrorists.

[backscatter712]

24. If the judge finds they're interfering with his job...

...he can find them in contempt, and they can go join Kim Davis...

[Liberal Veteran]

20. Y'all Qaeda throws a temper tantrum at judge upholding the law.

Sad, but true.

[backscatter712]

25. Y'all Qaeda...

Gotta love the Talibornagain...

[mnhtnbb]

26. I agree.

[wordpix]

36. love the handle, Y'all Qaeda. lol

[djean111]

27. This is all orchestrated in order to try and force a crack in the wall between church and state,

and to make a case for not obeying the law regardless of the Constitution. A big push for a Christian Theocracy. Be appallingly interesting to see all the GOP candidates asked about this.

[Geronimoe]

29. Clan gather's in front of Fed Judges home

It sounds more like Kim's family and some church/clan members assembled.

Only about 20 people.

[wordpix]

35. dangerous clan: "Benham, who has been convicted of stalking an abortion provider..."

snip: "....Court of Almighty God and the constitutions of both Kentucky and the United States,” said Benham, who has been convicted of stalking an abortion provider, in a statement that included the name of the judge’s street.

[oldandhappy]

30. Ick! Creepy! Ick!

Can we put up a billboard with 'Love your neighbor" or 'no divorce' or ...f

Or list all the laws in the old testament re separate dishes for milk products or fabric for clothing or foods to eat/not eat.

Etc.

[christx30]

32. They acknowledge they cherry pick.

They just don't care. Because it's not actually about God's law. It's about their own insecurities, and their own prejudices.

[apnu]

40. Nothing like Christians who think they're speaking for God.

They aren't God, but they presume to be God.

They're nuts.