Absolutely. If this gets by, my Catholic pharmacist can refuse to disperse my birth control; a Jehovah’s Witness medical professional can refuse to give a patient a blood transfusion, or a Scientologist psychiatrist could refuse antidepressants to patients in need. This has NOTHING to do with religious freedom.

Or When the Supreme Court rules the Corporations can hold Religious Beliefs and then they discover that their “Religion” doesn’t include safetey regulations, taxes or government oversight. ... this lady is on track to bring down a whole house of cards

Agreed. That is why she needs to go out with a whimper. No jail time. Just a buttload of debt in fines and fees.

Well, no, it's more like a pharmacist refusing to dispense birth control because it's against their religious beliefs, which is a precedent that's already been set.

It’s really not funny. I joke because, although I am an ally, I am not one of the couples routinely being denied a basic human right due to her prejudice. I am fully aware that I joke past my privilege. But I joke because I am tired of crying.

I agree—all of these hyperbolic, double-speak, poorly thought out arguments are incredibly dangerous.

The better response is that issuing marriage licenses is literally her business. She’s disrupting her business by not issuing licenses, not the people asking her.

Her $80,000 salary, divided by the 23,000+ residents of Rowan County, KY, is roughly $3.40 per person per year, or nine-tenths of a penny per citizen per…

I find it funny that the right-wing Christian community is freaking out about “Sharia law” being allowed in America (no, no it’s not), but sees no problem with imposing laws that only have a basis in the Bible upon the rest of America. That’s not how this works; that’s not how any of this works.

The couple that visited today to request a license told her they had been together for 17 years. They then asked her how long each of her four marriages has lasted.

Encouragingly, amidst this increase in ridiculous zealotry, the percentage of Americans who identify with no religion is increasing.

she’ll find some way to justify it with bible verses. like my uncle who refused to come to my gay brother’s wedding but had no problem defending his divorce. it’s a pretty special talent.

Kim Davis is a terrible person and an even worse representative of a religion that preaches love and tolerance, but damn, can we stop with the stupid “I pay your salary” nonsense?

Further proof that no one has to have a dick to be a dick.

Not saying a joke but I’d disagree this is leading to the execution of gay people by racist police. This is about having a religious belief and still having to do your job, even NYPD allows turbans (I think?) but saying you won’t do part of your job due to religious mantra is not ok. People are confusing this with a…

Seriously. I don’t want to live in a theocracy. They would eventually kill the infidels and basically whoever they don’t like. Your unsubstantiated beliefs don’t make it ok to hurt people.

I think we’re already well headed on that path sadly.

The courts have already ruled against her, so I’d assume they’d do the same in your case.

Indeed—has she been asked about that?

In a video I watched of people confronting her one of the men applying for a license straight asks her “what’s the longest you’ve been married?” and she just keeps asking them to leave. (I’m trying to insert the video but may kinja incorrectly)

Right? Where is the fucking journalism on this? How does she reconcile all this with her FOUR marriages? Why does she think a civil license affects her religious beliefs at all? WHO’S GONNA ASK HER? Jesus.