{"id":127995,"date":"2015-09-14T07:21:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T13:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/14\/scrambling-for-an-extra-few-minutes-of-fame-martyrdom-kim-davis-edition.html"},"modified":"2015-09-15T06:48:34","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T12:48:34","slug":"scrambling-for-an-extra-few-minutes-of-fame-martyrdom-kim-davis-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/14\/scrambling-for-an-extra-few-minutes-of-fame-martyrdom-kim-davis-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"Scrambling for an extra few minutes of fame \/ martyrdom (Kim Davis Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I'm hoping the return of Kim Davis to her job and her sad, sad proclamation that she won't stand in the way of her deputies issuing marriage licenses marks the end (or at least the beginning of the end) to Ms Davis being anything more than a future trivia question or "where are they now?" newspaper filler, and that people will be able to get marriage licenses without going through someone's religious approval process.<\/p>\n

'She said that having her name on the marriage certificate, whether she signs it or not, "authorizes marriage that conflicts with God's definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman [and] violates my deeply-held religious convictions and conscience. For me, this would be an act of disobedience to my God. "Whether I personally issue the license or whether one of my deputies issues it, the result is the same. The license is issued under the authority of Kim Davis, County Clerk of Rowan County."'<\/i><\/p>\n

Ms Davis, the law (and the court orders) are not asking you to morally approve of any given marriage as a holy and righteous act before God. They are asking you to confirm a given marriage as legal under the laws of Kentucky and your county, to say that the individuals involved have the license — the freedom — to marry under the civil code. That's all.<\/p>\n

Taking God's authority upon yourself, and insisting that issuing such licenses can only be graciously granted if you are acting on God's behalf in condoning and blessing such unions … is unseemly to say the least.<\/p>\n

Davis has said she will not interfere with her deputy clerks issuing licenses. <\/p>\n

'"I want the whole world to know … If any [deputy clerk] feels that they must issue an unauthorized license to avoid being thrown in jail, I understand their tough choice, and I will take no action against them."'<\/i><\/p>\n

That's very gracious of you, Ms Davis. Also part of the terms of your remaining out of jail. And from what I've seen, there seem to be plenty of deputy clerks who don't think this is a "tough choice."<\/p>\n

'"However, any unauthorized license that they issue will not have my name, my title or my authority on it. Instead, the license will state that they are issued pursuant to a federal court order. […] Effective immediately and until an accommodation is provided by those with the authority to provide it, any marriage license issued by my office will not be issued or authorized by me."'<\/i><\/p>\n

I suspect, Ms Davis, that the happy spouses-to-be won't mind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nReturning to work, Kim Davis says marriage licenses issued by her office will be “unauthorized”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I'm hoping the return of Kim Davis to her job and her sad, sad proclamation that she won't stand in the way of her deputies issuing marriage licenses marks the end (or at least the beginning of the end) to Ms Davis being anything more than a future trivia question or "where are they now?" … Continue reading “Scrambling for an extra few minutes of fame \/ martyrdom (Kim Davis Edition)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,718,378,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-marriage-equality","category-intolerance-persecution","category-religious-zanies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":127887,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/04\/laws-oaths-faith-and-kim-davis.html","url_meta":{"origin":127995,"position":0},"title":"Laws, Oaths, Faith, and Kim Davis","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 4-Sep-15 5:37pm","format":false,"excerpt":"For those who are couching the Kim Davis debate as one of religious freedom (I'm raising an eyebrow at you, Messrs. 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