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| Min. Jordan Palmer |
Kentucky Equality Federation firmly supports Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis' rights to freedom of conscience, faith, and speech. We believe these rights belong to all people regardless of any defining characteristic imposed on them by society or governments.
However, irrespective of how the Family Foundation of Kentucky chooses to spin the news report, the fact is, Davis is not in prison because of her beliefs. She is being held in contempt of court because she refuses to resolve the job taxpayers elected her to perform and has broken her oath of office. She could easily resign and end the entire situation, but I suspect the national spotlight is truly the motivation. The office of an elected official is a public trust, not a personal platform for refusing service to the "wrong" sort of people; this reeks of the oppression of far-off lands where officials can make discriminatory rules and enforce summary judgement against certain classes, genders, orientations, races, and castes.
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| Kentucky Equality Federation v. Commonwealth ruling by Judge Wingate |
This situation is analogous to Governor Steve Beshear refusing to aid a region of the Commonwealth during a disaster because they are Methodist, Catholic, or they voted for a different political party. It is similar to a clerk refusing to issue driver's licenses to taxpayers of a certain gender because they don't believe they are religiously permitted to drive. Would we tolerate a governor or president who refused to repel an invasion or defend the lives they have sworn to safeguard?
The end of discrimination is not simply the elimination of flagrant abuses, rather it is the ability of a person to fully exercise their Kentucky human rights to the same full extent enjoyed by their peers, without fear of retribution, aspersion, or harm, be that harm political or social. The religious beliefs of Davis remain intact however, and unharmed, but incompatible with the elected office she holds.
1 comment:
ladies, gentlemen I have been following the Kentucky clerk Kim Davis trials, over marriage licenses for gay, so that is why I think you are going in the wrong direction with the rights her religious right and belief, and then there is her legal duty as clerk of the court. A simple search will show any public figure has to take" a oath Q uphold the Constitution United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She has not done the duties of her office as clerk of the court to grant marriage license so in not doing her duty she can be removed. Everyone said she cannot be fired. I do not think that but have someone with legal experience look up Kentucky Constitution section 227 and section 2281 as the oath . The other is remove an official from office. These two paragraphs is the start to solving this problem you just need someone to ask for her to be removed, thank you. Hope this helps.
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