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closeupready

(29,503 posts) Tue Sep 1, 2015, 01:56 PM Sep 2015

So apparently, the KY Xtian God warrior refusenik Kim Davis makes a good living in a place where

you can live twice as well - for the same price - as you can on either coast.

But who knows, maybe she has a back-up plan...? Striking oil in her front lawn? Winning the lottery? Becoming a Tiger Woods ex-wife?

Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who has been refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on the grounds that doing so would violate her religious beliefs, claims that the state should not force her to act against her conscience. I agree. As a gay-rights advocate — and a gay man myself — I support her right to live in accordance with her religious convictions, even if that means not issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

What I don't support is allowing her to continue collecting paychecks for an $80,000 a year state job which she declines to perform. If her conscience renders her unable to issue marriage licenses to those legally qualified, then the right thing for her to do is resign. After all, issuing marriage licenses is not a peripheral, non-essential part of being county clerk — it's a central job function. Her current stance makes no more sense than that of an Amish person who expects to retain a job as a bus driver.

http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/09/01/s-time-remove-kentucky-clerk-kim-davis/71505026/

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So apparently, the KY Xtian God warrior refusenik Kim Davis makes a good living in a place where (Original Post) closeupready Sep 2015 OP

If she wins the lottery, I hope it's in Illinois KamaAina Sep 2015 #1

Same culprit at work in New Jersey and in New York, Pataki's neglect to closeupready Sep 2015 #2

Pataki? Wasn't he in office ages ago? KamaAina Sep 2015 #3

Yes, but as we know, for example, in Illinois, pension obligations agreed to closeupready Sep 2015 #5

IF she keeps this up tymorial Sep 2015 #4

You silly people TlalocW Sep 2015 #6

What about the movie and the royalties to her? RKP5637 Sep 2015 #7

Her god created a special place for people like her! RKP5637 Sep 2015 #8

Wow with $80,000 a year vankuria Sep 2015 #9

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

1. If she wins the lottery, I hope it's in Illinois

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 01:57 PM

Sep 2015

where they've stopped paying winners due to repuke tomfoolery.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027129879

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

2. Same culprit at work in New Jersey and in New York, Pataki's neglect to

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:00 PM

Sep 2015

budgetary discipline is probably part of why the current state's obligations are so bad. Sheez.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

3. Pataki? Wasn't he in office ages ago?

Reply to closeupready (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:01 PM

Sep 2015

And hasn't it been Dem since?

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

5. Yes, but as we know, for example, in Illinois, pension obligations agreed to

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:09 PM

Sep 2015

by prior Republican administrations explains, in part, why Illinois' current budget is such a mess.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)

4. IF she keeps this up

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:02 PM

Sep 2015

Her cost of living is going to drop significantly... right into a 6x8 cell.

TlalocW

(15,388 posts)

6. You silly people

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:23 PM

Sep 2015

This is a win-win for her. She either drags this out, keeping her job for as long as possible in a community that vastly supports her, or she loses her job - is jailed (maybe) for a short time and is fined (probably), but any fines will be paid for by whatever conservative answer there is to GoFundMe out there with plenty left over after the fines are paid. Then there will be the speaking engagements, the inevitable ghost-written book that right-wing companies will buy by the pallet to give out as gifts (making it a best seller in their deluded minds), and a decent shot of being a special guest at the republican convention.

TlalocW

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

7. What about the movie and the royalties to her?

Reply to TlalocW (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:50 PM

Sep 2015

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

8. Her god created a special place for people like her!

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:56 PM

Sep 2015

And named it hell! This is what really gets me about people like her, so, she found something that helps get her through life, great, but then she becomes the christian taliban and wants to shove her beliefs onto everyone else. She really needs to quit, maybe move to Uganda. Maybe she can join ISIS, might be a good fit.

vankuria

(904 posts)

9. Wow with $80,000 a year

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 04:43 PM

Sep 2015

you'd think she could afford nicer clothes and get her stringy hair done.

I know I'm being catty but I just couldn't resist!

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