Kim Davis found in contempt and taken into federal custody by US Marshals (x-post from LBN)

[Eugene]

Source: Raw Story

Kim Davis found in contempt and taken into federal custody by US Marshals

TRAVIS GETTYS
03 SEP 2015 AT 13:04 ET

Kim Davis, the defiant Kentucky county clerk, was found in contempt of court and taken into federal custody.

U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning ordered Davis, the Rowan County clerk, to be jailed on the contempt charges until she agrees to comply with multiple court orders to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The judge ordered her held indefinitely because he did not believe fines would be enough to compel her to follow the law.

Davis, an elected official, has argued that she should be exempt from following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges because she objects to same-sex marriage for religious beliefs.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/kim-davis-found-in-contempt-and-taken-into-federal-custody-by-us-marshals/

Original LBN post: here

[Downwinder]

1. Kim Davis' deputy clerks

get half-hour to decide if they will obey court order or possibly join boss in jail. Meeting w/ lawyers.

[shenmue]

2. Yaaaaaay!

Time to get ice cream!

[LostOne4Ever]

3. Good

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Now appoint one of the clerks willing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples to take her place while she is in custody and let these good people have their RIGHT to get married.

She can rot in custody until she changes her mind or her term ends[/font]

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Too bad we can't check to see if she is working with some

right-wing lobby group.

This smells of an orchestrated performance. They will intentionally use her (probably with her consent) to file a suit against the state to establish a ruling that will help right-wingers break-down our constitutional protections. Much like what they did with Hobby Lobby.

[marginlized]

10. MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY

Attorneys for the couples seeking licenses only sought fines. Nobody was asking for jail time. So why does judge Bunning, a staunch conservative and G. W. Bush appointee send her to jail?

National media will be touting her "persecution" for months if not years now.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. When you're trying to figure out why right-wingers do what they do,

go to the furthest recesses of your mind, where logic reaches its reasoning peak, and then jump off.

You'll probably figure them out before you hit the ground.

[flygal]

5. She (and her church) thinks she has a Rosa Parks complex

But this is not a civil liberties issue. She's free to practice her religion, but she's violating the civil RIGHTS of others.

Did any clerks issue licenses for gay marriages before it was legal?? I don't think so. Breaking the law is not defending their liberty. She's allowing her church to send her to jail just for her right to discriminate. I hope she sees the light and realizes she's being played!

[JustAnotherGen]

6. I'm so happy this happened!

This message needs to be sent loud and clear - the rule of law will be followed.

[yodermon]

7. I don't understand why they can't just fire her? is she elected or something? n/t

[longship]

8. Elected, and not likely to be impeached.

The KY legislature has no stomach for such a thing and at any rate is apparently won't meet again until Jan.

Fines won't work because she'd just do a fundraiser.

The only thing the judge could do here is to throw her ass in jail until she complies with the law and the multiple injunctions against her failure to abide by the law.

This is the best outcome.

[Jim Lane]

9. Yes, she's elected.

The Kentucky Legislature could remove her from office, thereby upholding the rule of law but incurring the wrath of the Christofascists. The legislators would have to choose between honoring their oaths of office and protecting their own electoral prospects.

Unsurprisingly, no one is placing much hope in the Kentucky Legislature.