Ms. Davis' futile efforts have reached all the way to the US Supreme Court in her efforts to continue to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples in violation of both Federal Law and Federal court rulings. On September 3, she must report to the Federal court to answer for why she should not be held in contempt of the court. Her spurious claims are a "matter of deep Christian faith." Her interpretation of Biblical writings is that she would be complicit in a mortal sin if she signs the documents facilitating a same-sex union between two adults.
What the judge on Thursday ought to say is this: "Ms. Davis are you going to comply with the orders of this court?"
"No, your Honor."
"Ms. Davis, I hold you in contempt of this court and remand you to jail until you choose to comply or are able to meet this further condition. Ms. Davis, take this Bible and these sticky notes and mark all of the passages that make reference to marriage, and marriage. Once you have completed that task contact the jailer and he will contact me. When you have identified a passage, any passage that states that an officiant of a marriage of any Biblical type or any person who provides written documentation has committed a sin of any magnitude, you may return to this court to present your findings. Until then the Bailiff shall escort you to your cell."
"But, your Honor, God told me it was a mortal in and I would go to Hell if I sign the papers."
"Show me the Biblical source of your contentions and I will listen. Ms. Davis, what you say that God talked to you about is hearsay and is inadmissible in this court. Bailiff."
Meanwhile, Kim Davis continues to stand behind her alleged faith and the counter in her public office and refuse to recognize the rights of the men and women who come to that office for a routine piece of paper with an official signature.
Another woman many years ago was a passive aggressive bureaucrat in the character of Nurse Ratched who was portrayed to chilling perfection by Louise Fletcher in "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest." She made up her rules and forced everyone to comply. Resistance was futile and most of the patients in the ward just complied rather than try to make a stand. Murphy tried and he paid the price. The difference is that in the hospital ward there was no media, no Federal judges, no public outcry against Nurse Ratched. Kim Davis will have to contend with that trinity.
Irony Update:
The Guardian reports on September 2, that:
"A transgender man and his wife were issued a marriage license in February by the Kentucky county clerk who, in defiance of a US supreme court order, cited “God’s authority” this week as reason to deny paperwork to same-sex couples."It appears that Kim Davis is going to Hell after all. Either her god neglected to inform her of this sin or she willfully neglected to abide by her own espoused faith. She might as well call it quits and get it over with.
Judicial Update Sept 3:
U.S. District Judge David Bunning jailed Kim Davis for contempt for her continued refusal to comply with the Supreme Court ruling. At this point it is not relevant what the issue is, she has made it a matter of the court's authority versus her personal opinion. As a peripheral issue her staff claimed they would be willing to issue marriage licenses to everyone who applies except that they worked in fear of Ms. Davis' authority. I suppose we will now see how compliant her staff is in this matter.
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