Kim Davis
Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who was sent to jail by a federal judge for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in violation of her Christian faith, is spending a few days with family after her release this week.
She's going through piles of letters supporters from across the country have sent her.
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The non-profit legal group Liberty Counsel, which is representing her in her fight against the homosexual agenda as adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court, say she is "enjoying time with her family" after her six days behind bars by order of Judge David Bunning.
Bunning reversed himself Tuesday, saying he was satisfied with the fact that deputies in Davis' office were issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples while she was behind bars.
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He also ordered her not to interfere with her deputies' actions when she returns to her office Monday.
But her attorney, Liberty Counsel's Mat Staver, confirmed at a rally for her Tuesday that she would continue following her conscience.
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"I am deeply moved by all those who prayed for me. All I can say is that I am amazed and very grateful," Davis said in a statement released through Liberty Counsel.
"I am enjoying spending time with my husband, my family, and my three dogs. I have also been spending time reading boxes of letters expressing support and prayers from people around the country.
"I haven't even made a dent in the piles of letters," she said.
She continued: "I am overwhelmed that people took the time out of their busy lives to write and tell me that they are standing with me. Every letter has been kind and encouraging. I am heartened that God's people are not huddled up in a corner, but they are standing strong. Standing begins on our knees. I have no doubt that God answers prayer. God is so real to me. He has transformed my life."
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She referenced her own ministry to jail inmates.
"I tell the ladies who I visit in jail, 'Jesus is a gentleman. You have to invite Him into your life. But once you fall in love with Jesus Christ, a different world opens,'" she said.
"I love God, love people, and love my work. I hope we will continue to respect these values and that America remains a place where all three can live in harmony."
She was jailed because she refused to follow Bunning's order that she violate her faith and issue licenses to same-sex couples. Hers is the highest-profile case of resistance to the Supreme Court's creation of a right to "same-sex marriage," which was criticized by Chief Justice John Roberts as unconstitutional.
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Attacks on Davis, however, have not stopped. The most recent was a diatribe unleashed by Fox News anchor Shephard Smith.
Smith cut into the press conference coverage of the release of Davis to rail against her, as well as those who supported her denial of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, calling it a "religious play" that has no business in government service.
He also compared Davis supporters to opponents of Islamic law, characterizing them as one and the same when it comes to ideology.
"They set this up as a religious play again," Smith said, Mediaite reported. "This is the same crowd that says, 'We don't want Shariah law,' don't let them tell us what to do, keep their religion out of our lives and out of our government.' Well, here we go again."
Smith sniped at the Christian and her supporters, saying: "Haters are going to hate. We thought what this woman wanted was an accommodation, which they've granted her, something that worked for everybody. But it's not what they want."
She still has appeals pending with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Davis, an elected official, cannot lose her job unless she loses a special election called by the governor or she is impeached by the state legislature.
WND reported Michael Brown, an author and talk-radio host, said the issue really "is not so much what she's doing, the issue is what she believes."
The author of "Outlasting the Gay Revolution," he sees a double standard in how Davis is being treated. He pointed out that Gavin Newsom, as mayor of San Francisco in 2004, disobeyed the law by ordering his subordinates to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Newsom, rather than being jailed and vilified, went on to become California's lieutenant governor and is now running for governor.
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He continued: "What we're running into now is sexual anarchy and social and moral chaos. If you're going to use the mantra 'marriage equality,' 'love wins,' 'I have the right to marry the one I love,' you cannot limit that just to two people. All other combination, be it polygamous, be it polyamorous, be it adult consensual incest – there have to be reasons for it. The very reasons that Justice [Anthony] Kennedy gave in his ruling saying that this is why we must embrace this change – it works for any of the other relationships as well."
WND reported James Dobson, the high-profile Christian commentator, author and broadcaster, made similar statements.
He said the attack on traditional marriage is a way to open up vast new avenues to attack Christianity.
Dobson, who founded the highly influential groups Family Research Council and Focus on the Family, and now runs Family Talk, charged in his monthly newsletter that the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision is "an expression of hostility toward people who take their Christianity seriously."
He said the decision by five justices, including two who effectively endorsed "same-sex marriage" while the case was pending, will prove disastrous for America.
His view is supported by the four dissenting justices, who warned that the decision had no connection to the U.S. Constitution and likely will be used to attack Christianity.
Dobson wrote: "We are convinced that this unconstitutional decision, issued by five unelected, unaccountable and imperious justices, will ultimately prove to be as catastrophic as Dred Scott v. Sanford in 1857 and Roe v. Wade in 1973. It will touch every dimension of culture.
"This court decision is not about same-sex marriage, except only tangentially. Many gay and lesbian groups have admitted that marriage has never been their primary objective. Instead, it is about everything else," he wrote.
"What's at stake is the entire culture war."
He said the decision is an "expression of hostility toward people who take their Christianity seriously."
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