I've noticed a rather lackluster response to the jailing of Christian Kim Davis from many republicans (politicians and some talk show hosts) and figured that it is because:
a). She's a democrat
and
b). They aren't social conservatives and don't want to make waves by taking a strong moral stance on issues like homosexuality with an upcoming election.
I found this article rather humorous, check out my last comment after I've posted the article:
Martyr or lawbreaker? Kim Davis case roils Republicans
Sept. 9, 2015
Washington (AFP) - A Kentucky clerk who landed in jail for defying a court order on gay marriage is being hailed by some Republicans as a modern day martyr for religious liberty.
But others are not so sure Kim Davis' is a cause they should champion in a turbulent election year.
Two Republican presidential candidates -- Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee -- have rushed to defend the county official, even though legal experts say the born-again Christian was clearly in the wrong to refuse to carry out official duties in the name of her faith.
Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher, was at Davis' side when the bespectacled 49-year-old emerged from jail in Kentucky Tuesday after five days behind bars for contempt of court, having refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
"We cannot criminalize the Christian faith, or anybody's faith in this country," said Huckabee.
"If you have to put someone in jail, I volunteer to go," Huckabee declared. "Lock me up if you think that’s how freedom is best served."
Both Cruz and Huckabee have branded the action against Davis as "judicial tyranny," tapping into a surge of public support for a figure presented as an outspoken Christian jailed for her beliefs.
- 'Not a leg to stand on' -
But their stance is a thorny one for Republican presidential candidates who, if elected, must swear to uphold the US constitution.
And in this case, the US Supreme Court upheld same-sex marriage as a constitutional right in a landmark ruling in June.
"That's really the end of it," Sanford Levinson, a constitutional scholar at the University of Texas Law School, told AFP.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/martyr-lawbreaker-kim-davis-case-roils-republicans-161224273.html#
If a leftwing judicial activist SCOTUS ruling is "really the end of it", why are people still talking about overturning Roe v Wade?
a). She's a democrat
and
b). They aren't social conservatives and don't want to make waves by taking a strong moral stance on issues like homosexuality with an upcoming election.
I found this article rather humorous, check out my last comment after I've posted the article:
Martyr or lawbreaker? Kim Davis case roils Republicans
Sept. 9, 2015
Washington (AFP) - A Kentucky clerk who landed in jail for defying a court order on gay marriage is being hailed by some Republicans as a modern day martyr for religious liberty.
But others are not so sure Kim Davis' is a cause they should champion in a turbulent election year.
Two Republican presidential candidates -- Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee -- have rushed to defend the county official, even though legal experts say the born-again Christian was clearly in the wrong to refuse to carry out official duties in the name of her faith.
Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher, was at Davis' side when the bespectacled 49-year-old emerged from jail in Kentucky Tuesday after five days behind bars for contempt of court, having refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
"We cannot criminalize the Christian faith, or anybody's faith in this country," said Huckabee.
"If you have to put someone in jail, I volunteer to go," Huckabee declared. "Lock me up if you think that’s how freedom is best served."
Both Cruz and Huckabee have branded the action against Davis as "judicial tyranny," tapping into a surge of public support for a figure presented as an outspoken Christian jailed for her beliefs.
- 'Not a leg to stand on' -
But their stance is a thorny one for Republican presidential candidates who, if elected, must swear to uphold the US constitution.
And in this case, the US Supreme Court upheld same-sex marriage as a constitutional right in a landmark ruling in June.
"That's really the end of it," Sanford Levinson, a constitutional scholar at the University of Texas Law School, told AFP.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/martyr-lawbreaker-kim-davis-case-roils-republicans-161224273.html#
If a leftwing judicial activist SCOTUS ruling is "really the end of it", why are people still talking about overturning Roe v Wade?