Eye of the tiger? really? REALLY?

HI5!

fuck her. fuck her in her righteous ass. srsly, what the fuck is wrong with people. isn't there any of those bozos getting what church and state separation means?

I hate that people are acting like her religious freedom is being denied. She is free to practice her religion, she is free to resign from a job that she feels infringes on her religion. That is what religious

freedom means. It does not mean she gets to use her religion to deny other people their civil rights.

exactly.

if she hated interracial marriages, it wouldn't be less of her job to emit marriage licenses. religion is no excuse, it has nothing to do with her beliefs, and everything with the law.

Reading about that fucking c*nt gets me so pissed off. If she doesn't want to do her job, she should be forced to resign. And everything Kala_Bijoux: said.

She needs to be removed from this position for not doing her job. The state needs to do this when the get back into session.

And fuck Huckabee and Cruz too. Talk about two useless pieces of shit.

I do not mind her religious views, but she must comply with the laws of the state.

indeed, fuck those bozos too

breathe.... it will be ok... and next month there will be a new crisis to get upset about... MIss you codie!! xoxoxo

exactly Karl, what infuriates me the most is not the fact she's using religion as an excuse to be homophobic, but that she sworn to respect the law as she got into office. she's a public servant.

miss you too Callie! <3

Codie, these people don't care about separation of church and state. Just the opposite: they think it's wrong. "This is a Christian nation," remember?

She is allowed to believe what ever she wants. I would just like this whole thing to go away. I have many friends who have been denied this simple document. All should be allowed to get married, no matter what

These people think the Founding Fathers were WASPs like them. They want a theocracy.

gender combination the union will be.

As long as people cherry pick what aspects of faith and law they'll follow, there will always be injustice for someone.

in the mind of a few hicks, maybe, but not in the Constitution (which the same people sworn to uphold as a sacred document, which makes it even more ironic)

What?! Unbe-friggin-lievable.I thought she was jailed for contempt of court. If so, she is still in contempt as she is still refusing, it makes no difference that her deputies can issue the licences.

Because it's like saying: Hey, here's the rules we're playing by, here's what to expect, except that everything we agreed upon doesn't apply to me for this particular convenience I would like for myself.

i know i'm not exactly religious, but i sort of refuse to believe that the vast majority of christian americans are pro-dominionist.

codie It's the crazies who are always the loudest.

the right wing christians are just like salafists, a minority of very vocal douches. i don't know a single christian person that would support that kind of shit.

exactly

i should have specified "far right"

She'll get what's coming to her. It's inevitable.

Cyberpink She'll have her own Honey-boo-boo show. That's how failing upwards works.

Nah, she'll hopefully have an unfortunate accident.

i think they should have just kicked her out, i agree jail served no purpose than to martyr her

They can't kick her out, it has to be done by the state legislature which is not in session for that state right now.

Yes, Jail did nothing but make her a martyr.

I have read people comparing her to Paul. The people doing the comparing are self-righteous. They would bar themselves from heaven if it meant stopping one person they disdain from entering.

She is in violation of her oath of office. If she refuses to quit, and there is no way to remove her, then put her in an ankle monitor like any other petty criminal and keep her at home and off the payroll...

until the process can complete.

I had to deal with this shit among family health providers who refused to discuss terminations with their patients and pharmacists who apparently had a shopping list of drugs they had ethical issues with.

This fucking lady, i can't, i just can't.

ZERO fucking patience for it. If doing your job raises ethical issues then find another fucking job. Nobody in the real world gets to refuse to do their job, we get canned.

Too many people who would be thrilled to have her job and willing to uphold the law to put up with that shit.

I file this with the physician I had to deal with who refused to "reward" dying patients with narcotics to ease their pain if he felt their deaths were caused by anything he found immoral.

There is a very, very special corner of hell reserved for those who can only express their relationship with the ineffable divine by actions that cause suffering in others.

I think this is the meme that really makes the line as clear as it can be.

I really don't like to post memes like that because i think if you have an opinion that you should be able to express it. But that one nails it.

She's not a martyr. She has a few supporters who are just as dumb as she is, but even FOX News thinks she is stupid as dirt. (Sorry, dirt.)

There are a couple of also-ran politicians who are desperate to get some airtime that are clinging to her, but they won't get much traction either because the GOP mostly does not support her. FOX does not

support her. The general infrastructure of rightwing support is not available to her. She has the network of extreme fundies and the sad sacks running for president who are doing so poorly Trump is nice to them

Though, today on Fox they kept talking about her as the woman jailed for her religious beliefs.

Well, she will have to change her party registration to get their full support.

Anyway, she's a useful reminder that homophobia is not only a Republican disease.

daughterofsekhmet: yeah, but Westboro doesn't support anyone really. They'd have picketed the crucifixion if they could have.

This was actually a standard tactic back in the day to prevent interracial marriages. It was one of the many tools in the racist toolbox for getting around federal law. But it requires community support to work

In a country where the inauguration of a new president starts with prayer, separation between religion and state is a joke to begin with

Grazia2: i have always wondered about that. and each day congress starts with prayer, etc... i never understood that and see where people can get very confused.

It's a bloody nightmare. Now they let her out and she thinks she's a fucking saint.

Prayer is long held tradition from when the country was developed. You know how long it takes for a government to let go of tradition??? Most of them don't until the Coup attempt.

A whole lot of the religious bellls and whistles that have been added to American rituals date to the Cold War, not the Revolution. An attempt to differentiate our nation from Godless Communism.

Ceremonial deism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Both "In God we Trust" and "One nation under God" were added to our money and our pledge respectively at the height of the McCarthy era.

Fascinating that it has not even taken 100 years for our population to believe that this was something enshrined by the Founders.

In God we trust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pledge of Allegiance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amendment I (Religion): Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography

Most important, though, is the Treaty of Tripoli that was unanimously approved by the Senate and signed by John Adams. It is certainly reflects the ideas of our founders who were serving in office at the time.

Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion,

or tranquility, of Mussulmen (Muslims); and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan (Mohammedan) nation,

it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.

Thanks for the History and Civics Lesson. I knew about the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" time frame. I should have stated it without the word government... because I still think it's for the people

by the people.. blah blah blah.. though that is by a sliver of what that use to mean.

The influx of immigrants who came here were of deep religious beliefs, and were searching for freedom to express this.

All of this of course you know. Changing the mind of the faithful is pretty damn difficult. Look at the back lash Pope Francis gets from the Catholic Community.

He's the only Pope I've ever liked. I'm surprised they haven't run him out of the Vatican yet.

Separation of Church and state is a construct of the US Supreme Court. The original intent was to make it so Congress would pass no laws

Either making a national religion and or forbidding a religion from being founded.

Don't get me wrong this Kentucky thing is wrong and she is a fruit loop.

Mrs Davis should resign if her job is against her religious beliefs. I mean that is what she would say if someone wanted a company she

Hypothetical owned and they wanted something against her religious beliefs.

venkinator: I surprised Francis is still alive, truth be told.

I hear you MrVolare.

MrVolare: likewise