Does anyone think Kim Davis is right?

[Westin Landon Cox]

I couldn't give any less of a shit about gay marriage, but it seems like Kim Davis was following her "oath" better than Anthony Kennedy was.

This would be a stupid issue for states to secede over, but there are more than enough issues to justify secession, so I'd play along.

Seriously, it couldn't be more clear that the Feds don't give the least shit about the U.S. Constitution. The states who play along with them are, in essence, committing treason daily.

Verdict: Kim Davis. Guilty, but less guilty than the other side.

[Trifixion713]

She doesn't have the Eye of the Tiger...

But this was one fight that Survivor did not approve.

The writers of the rock band's 1982 song are mad that it was featured at a rally without their permission.

“NO! We did not grant Kim Davis any rights to use ‘My Tune -The Eye Of The Tiger,'” Survivor guitarist and song coauthor Frankie Sullivan wrote in a Facebook post. “I would not grant her the rights to use Charmin!”

The massively popular and durable song was, at least textually speaking, an apropos choice by Huckabee's staff, who helped coordinate the event. “Eye of the Tiger” was featured in “Rocky III,” in which Sylvester Stallone plays a world champion boxer who loses his title and must fight to regain it.


Davis' one-woman battle against the federal judiciary over legal same-sex marriage was certainly an extreme case.

After the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in all 50 states in June, Davis, a 49-year-old Apostolic Christian, stopped issuing marriage licenses to all couples who came to her Rowan County office.

The courts sided with two gay couples and two straight couples who sued Davis, and the U.S. Supreme Court upheld those rulings. District Judge David L. Bunning jailed Davis for contempt of court last week after she refused to comply with court orders to issue the licenses. Bunning lifted his contempt finding Tuesday and released Davis from jail after her deputy clerks agreed to issue same-sex marriage licenses in her stead.

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Davis is expected to return to work by Monday, and Bunning has threatened to sanction her again if she interferes with her staff's issuance of marriage licenses.

The attachment of “Eye of the Tiger” to the ordeal was problematic for the rock band.

“I was gobsmacked,” coauthor Jim Peterik told CNN on Wednesday morning, explaining that groups usually contact the band's publisher for permission to play the song at sporting events.

“This really isn't a song that was meant to be a political statement — probably the No. 1 motivational song ever written,” Peterik said.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nn-kim-davis-eye-tiger-20150909-story.html

[bryant.coleman]

IMO, the SCOTUS doesn't have the right to legalize gay marriage across the United States. The decision must be taken by the respective state legislatures. On this occasion, the SCOTUS has transgressed on the authority of the states. That is not legal, and therefore I believe that Kim Davis is 100% correct in refusing to perform gay marriage.

[MakingMoneyHoney]

IMO, the SCOTUS doesn't have the right to legalize gay marriage across the United States. The decision must be taken by the respective state legislatures. On this occasion, the SCOTUS has transgressed on the authority of the states. That is not legal, and therefore I believe that Kim Davis is 100% correct in refusing to perform gay marriage.

Of course she actually had said she would perform the marriages as long as her name wasn't on the certificate. But people on both sides seem to be ignoring this fact.

[freeyourmind]

It will be interesting to see her first day of work.  I'm sure gay couples will be lining up. 

How is she going to do her job without violating her conscience?  Has she become an atheist? 

Have you seen her speak?  She has a very strong form of blind faith...I don't think atheism is even a possibility for her.

She is paid to do a job, and she seems unable to do it.  Instead of treating her with a sense of entitlement, she should simply be let go and replaced.