tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1553151743745860119.post8994953678134668740..comments2024-03-28T01:44:14.671-04:00Comments on Greenlee Gazette: Faux Christian Martyr Kim Davis in Jail, Conservative Twitterverse in Full Outrage ModeJames Greenleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236516115418262727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1553151743745860119.post-91668257166144639572015-09-04T16:00:14.638-04:002015-09-04T16:00:14.638-04:00That's the thing, Dan, it's not a matter o...That's the thing, Dan, it's not a matter of opinion. It's really a Federal issue when you come down to it. It's the application of a Supreme Court ruling being disobeyed by a county official. Yes, there is a hierarchy between county, state and federal, but she's willfully disregarding an order from the highest court in the land, and it's filtered back down to her.<br /><br />I disagree that she wasn't being discriminatory. She shut down all marriage licenses in the county, which disadvantages and places needful hardship on anyone in the county seeking to marry. This is a classic "take your toys and go home," or "cut off your nose to spite your face" maneuver. <br /><br />Civil law is threaded with hundreds, actually over 1500 laws based around marriage. The whole point of the SCOTUS case was that you can't give Citizen X a set of rights, responsibilities and benefits, and withhold them from Citizen Y arbitrarily. SCOTUS ruled that it WAS arbitrary, and there wasn't a state interest in doing it. By denying citizens--any or all citizens--this right, you are effectively blocking them from attaining what other citizens have access to.<br /><br />The suggestion that citizens go over to the next county assumes that the next county doesn't go the Davis route and do the very same thing. And it makes the taxpayer go out of his way for no state's interest. And if you give Davis--a particular sect of Christian with a particular grievance based on (let's face it) a flimsy legal leg to stand on--an exemption on this specific subject, marriage licenses for gay people, where does it end?<br /><br />Can a Muslim DMV clerk deny a woman a drivers license? Can a Quaker clerk deny a hunter a license? Why not? Christianity isn't the only religion, and gay marriage isn't the only potential licensing issue. It's a whole Russian Nesting Doll set of Pandora's Boxes.<br /><br />As for Obama disregarding law, as you see it, and your other examples, I'll be honest upfront and tell you I'm not as familiar with those particular stories, or their veracity. I'm up on the issues around the Davis case and can speak to them. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and just say "I don't know" in regard to those, but it is immaterial to the facts of this case.<br /><br />Yeah, I know she's a Democrat, though I've been assured by new neighboring Kentuckians that politics is weird in Kentucky.James Greenleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236516115418262727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1553151743745860119.post-48528232988828952142015-09-04T15:29:31.231-04:002015-09-04T15:29:31.231-04:00This where I disagree with you, Jamie.
I don't...This where I disagree with you, Jamie.<br />I don't believe this is a federal issue, it is a local issue.<br />The clerk could have been removed through impeachment, possibly by the governor and certainly through recall elections. The judge didn't want to do that.<br />And she wasn't being discriminatory- she didn't give anyone marriage licenses, so the discrimination is a no where argument.<br />And where is it in Federal law/constitution where it says counties have to issue marriage licenses? It doesn't, so now the Federal government has federalized marriage when it should be a state and/or local issue.<br />And as far as the judge saying "“If you give people the opportunity to choose which orders they follow, that’s what potentially causes problems.” That's just about a stupid a quote as you will ever hear.<br />Like Obama and mayors and governors who blatantly disobey immigration laws. How about the pot laws in Colorado and other states? That breaks federal law. Presidents of all stripes, along with cops, judges and other people in charge choose which laws to follow and which ones we don't. That's all around us.<br />And now that they are handing out licenses, why are they keeping her in jail? How long will they keep her in jail? Until her term ends? Doesn't that trouble you?<br />And, btw, Kim Davis is a democrat.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211149561616238625noreply@blogger.com