Deputies issue 'same-sex marriage' license

Supreme Court that created 'same-sex marriage'

Under the threat of jail by a federal judge whose progressive views were evident when he sided with arguments for partial-birth abortion and homosexual clubs for high schoolers, deputies to Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in Kentucky on Friday issued a marriage license to a homosexual couple.

However, the fight to uphold Davis' religious rights is far from over after Judge David Bunning ordered that the clerk be jailed after she continued to refuse to issue marriage licenses.

"Welcome to Sodom and Gomorrah," read a sign carried by Davis' husband, Joe Davis, as he spoke to reporters Friday, AOL reported.

His wife will continue fighting, he said.

"Oh, God no," when asked whether she would resign. "It's a matter of telling Bunning he ain't the boss."

Davis' attorneys have argued the judge is depriving her of due process and her constitutional rights by ordering her to act in violation of her Christian beliefs.

Bunning has acknowledged that the case presents a conflict between two legal rights – Davis' enumerated right to free exercise of religion and the newly created "same-sex marriage" right from the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision in June.

The Supreme Court's decision, however, was criticized by Chief Justice John Roberts as having no constitutional foundation. Deciding votes were cast by two justices, Elena Kagan and Ruth Ginsburg, who publicly had advocated for "same-sex marriage" while the case was before the court. They refused demands that they recuse themselves from the case.

After ordering Davis to jail, Bunning promised to release her if she "allowed" her deputies to issue the licenses. She refused.

Bunning indicated she would remain in jail at least a week.

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The New York Times said Joe Davis confirmed his wife will stay "as long as it takes" to reach a resolution for an accommodation of her Christian beliefs.

Her attorneys have offered suggestions to Bunning for accommodation, but he declined to act. He also rejected a request by a member of the Kentucky state legislature to allow lawmakers time to complete their work on a law addressing the issue.

Joe Davis said: "She has done her job. Just because five Supreme Court judges make a ruling, it's not a law."

Davis said he did not think the marriage licenses the workers would be issuing would be legally valid because they would lack the county clerk's signature.

Her lawyer, Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel, said Friday, "Last night Kim Davis was incarcerated in a jail cell while the rest of us slept in our comfortable beds. While it is not new that some people are imprisoned, it is stunning to realize Kim is there because of her faith in God and her convictions about marriage.

"Not long ago 75 percent of Kentuckians passed the state’s marriage amendment. Today a Christian is imprisoned for believing what the voters affirmed, that marriage is between a man and a woman. Five people on the Supreme Court imposed their will on 320 million Americans and unleashed a torrent of assaults against people of faith. Kim Davis is the first victim of this tragedy."

He said, "Is this the kind of America we want, where good people are imprisoned because of their Judeo-Christian beliefs and values? I do not think this is the America people want. Yesterday was a tragic day in America. What the future holds, we do not know. But yesterday was a turning point one way or another. The future is yet unwritten. It is up to the American people to decide."

Kim Davis' supporters, who include GOP presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Gov. Mike Huckabee, say America now has criminalized Christianity. Huckabee set up a website called Free Kim Davis Now.

The Davis case illustrates the unwillingness of many Americans to accept the Supreme Court's imposition of "gay marriage."

WND reported when James Dobson, the high-profile Christian commentator, author and broadcaster, warned the U.S. Supreme Court before it created "same-sex marriage" that it was about to constitutionalize sin.

He said the case ultimately isn't about marriage. Fundamentally, he contends, it's 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 decision was "an expression of hostility toward people who take their Christianity seriously."

He said the decision by five justices will prove disastrous for America.

His view is supported by the four dissenting justices, who argued 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."

He was referring to the decisions that said blacks were not fully human and that society has a right to kill unborn children for any reason.

"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 writes.

"What's at stake is the entire culture war."

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Dobson called the decision an "expression of hostility toward people who take their Christianity seriously."

"As you probably know, certain groups and organizations hate us. It is about weakening the church of Jesus Christ and limiting what pastors and ministers can say and do publicly," he said. "It is about undermining the religious liberties of Christians that are guaranteed by the Constitution. It is about attacking Christian schools, Christian non-profit organizations such as Family Talk, and Christian businesses, hospitals, charities, and seminaries. It is about Christian colleges and universities, and about whom their leaders choose as professors and what their students will be taught. It’s about government funding and accreditation.

"It is all at risk. You'll see."

He continued: "There is almost no limit to what will be imposed on the American public as a result of Obergefell. There is every indication that a barrage of court cases has been pre-planned and will be implemented against those who dare to disagree with the government's view of marriage. Some will lose their jobs for failing to knuckle under. Some will lose their professional licenses. Some will be persecuted, ridiculed and fined. Some will go to prison. After all, the Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is an inviolable constitutional right that will trump other liberties considered untouchable for more than 200 years."

Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel, which represents Kim Davis, said earlier Bunning fundamentally doesn't understand the the First Amendment's free-exercise clause.

"Judge Bunning's decision equated Kim's free exercise of religion to going to church. This is absurd!" he said. "Christianity is not a robe you take off when you leave a sanctuary. The First Amendment guarantees Kim and every American the free exercise of religion, even when they are working for the government."

Staver argued Davis "did not sign up as a clerk to issue same-sex marriage licenses."

"Her job duty was changed by five lawyers without any constitutional authority. At a minimum, her religious convictions should be accommodated," he said.

"Same-sex marriage started with lawbreaking"

"Huckabee: 'FreeKimDavisNow.com'"