The Evil of Kim Davis as Supreme Court Rejects Her Second Appeal and Preserves Same Sex Marriage as the Law of the Land

“Rather than attempting to invoke a religious exemption for herself, Davis instead exercised the full authority of the Rowan County Clerk’s office to enact an official policy of denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples, one every office employee had to follow,”

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who sought to overturn the landmark 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The refusal to hear the case means the ruling in Obergefell remains the law of the land and a lower-court order for Davis to pay a same-sex couple a substantial sum in damages stands. 
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The justices did not provide any comment or explanation for the denial, and no dissents from the decision were publicly noted. 

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• The Appeal: Davis was appealing a lower court's decision that she owed $100,000 in damages and an additional $260,000 in attorney fees to David Ermold and David Moore, a couple she denied a marriage license in 2015.
• Davis's Argument: Her lawyers argued that her First Amendment rights and religious freedom were violated and that the Court should use her case to "correct" the Obergefell decision, a position that echoed Justice Clarence Thomas's previous call to reconsider the ruling.
• Court's Position: The Court's denial of the petition indicates it was unable to garner the four votes necessary to grant review of the case. This decision confirms that refusing to carry out public duties based on personal beliefs, when wielding state power, is a violation of constitutional rights.
• Impact: The ruling leaves same-sex marriage rights intact and reinforces the principle that the constitutional right to marry is protected nationwide. 

I remember when this first happened and wrote about it.  Mike Huckabee went to Kentucky to support Kim Davis.  Also there to support her was Founder of the Oathkeepers Stewart Rhodes.  Stewart had just advocated in Ferguson, MO and Chattanooga, TN revealing himself as a racist and a supporter of radical government attempts to instill religion into government.  A stance that is nothing new to Huckabee.  It was a horrible display of a bias that continues to seep into our government in my experience view.