Making Kentucky Folk Look Bad

[kybearfuzz]

So as anyone with a Facebook account probably knows, Kentucky is at the center of the battle between good and evil, right and wrong, everyone else versus bad hair/fashion/attitude, etc. Of course, I'm speaking about the unfashionable, morally-challenged Rowan County Court Clerk Kim Davis and her continuing refusal to issue marriage license from her office to same-sex couples.

While I am getting incredibly sick of the coverage, I have to admit that I'm also somewhat riveted by it. I find it just fascinating that someone could be so defiant after every relevant court has disagreed with her. She turned to them to stop things, but is not willing to abide by their decision since it isn't in her favor.

Of course, she's made this a national spectacle, posting a statement though her anti-gay legal contingent that she's not against gay people, she's only for the Biblical definition of marriage (*cough* *cough* bull$#!+). I wish she would watch Betty Bowers' video on Biblical "marriage," she might reconsider things.

I'm wondering what would happen if someone filed a lawsuit against someone for infringing their freedom from religion by pressuring them to live based on a religion that wasn't her or her own. Wouldn't that be interesting?

So maybe soon, Kentucky can go back to being known for thoroughbreds, bluegrass music, and fried chicken restaurants, instead of being so backwater that we don't know that we can't legislate from religious perspectives.

On the plus side, I think I have my Halloween costume idea this year... :)

Comments

[notmypresident.livejournal.com]

I think I have my Halloween costume idea this year...

And no sewing necessary — just head to Walmart to pick up the exact same outfit for about $7.99! Be sure to also pick up a halo to complete the look.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite sure why she hasn't been impeached. She's obviously not performing her duties according to the law. If she's elected and can't be fired, why hasn't someone sued her for a lot of money? She's a horrible example of a human being.

[mort-83.livejournal.com]

I think one couple has indeed sued her now.

She's broken the law. Period. But the irony of her past just kills me. In the eyes of a Roman Catholic clerk, she's a serial adultress and such a clerk could use her own argument against gays to deny her a marriage license for her next marriage.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

I suspect there will be many Kim Davis costumes at Halloween this year.